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Watch these thrilling, brutal, nail-biting moments from the year in, um, table tennis

Allan Rose Hill
Jan 31, 2025
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Below is nine and a half minutes of table tennis madness from 2024.

If ping pong isn't your racket, you may be surprised to know that it started in the 1880s as a genteel parlor game for Victorian aristocrats. Inspired by traditional lawn tennis, the earliest indoor versions used champagne corks as balls, books for nets, and cigar b…

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