Table tennis, the 6th most popular sport in the world, was first played in Britain in the 1880’s as a after dinner game. Golf balls were originally used but in 1901 the golf balls were replace by balls made of Celluloid, a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor. The longest ping-pong rally ever recorded lasted for eight hours and twenty-seven minutes.
Video of 58 Hit ping-pong rally.
Ping-Pong Video Montage, Rocky Style.