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    James Gibb and his family started hitting champagne corks across the table with cigar lids in 1889, and the game of table tennis was born.

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RMS Atlantic struck rock and sank, killing over 540 people

On the 1st April, 1873, the White Star Line steamship, RMS Atlantic, struck rocks and sank off Nova Scotia, Canada, with a loss of over 540 lives.

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