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Who invented table tennis?

Table tennis was accidentally invented by two British youths while playing. (It is impossible to verify who invented table tennis specifically)

The invention history of table tennis:

Table tennis originated in England at the end of the 19th century. At that time, there were two British tennis enthusiasts who once had a tennis match outdoors. The weather was unfavorable and it started raining heavily, forcing the two energetic young people to hide in the school cafeteria. As everyone knows, they were in such a bad situation. Young people in their developmental stage are competitive and impulsive. In the contest just now, no one was convinced by the other and they couldn't argue. Later, the two of them discussed, "Let's fight again on the table?" "Okay, I'm not afraid of you." So the two of them discussed They put the table in the dining room together and separated it with a few bricks. Then the two started playing with tennis rackets. This was an incredible move and created the origin of table tennis. Later, onlookers thought it was quite interesting, so they followed suit one after another, sweeping Europe like a whirlwind. The earliest name was "TABLE TENNIS", which was translated into Chinese as "Table Tennis", and the official language of Japan was "Zhuo Qiu". However, the word "PING PANG BALL" had not appeared in English before. It was not until around 1900 that due to the invention of science, a ball made of celluloid appeared. It makes a "pong" sound, so it is also called "ping pong".