Wolfgang Muller (Canada) underwent a single lung transplant at Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada, on 15 September 1987 and became the longest surviving lung transplant recipient on 19 July 2004 at 16 years 307 days. As of 31 January 2005 – he has survived the transplant for 17 years 138 days.
The longest table tennis rally lasted 8 hr 30 min 6 sec and was played by Max Fergus and Luke Logan (both USA) at the Sports Enhancement Academy in Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA, on 26 August 2013. The two high school friends raised funds for the Special Olympics through their record breaking feat. The boys broke a record that had stood for over nine years.
The longest table football game measures 101 m (331 ft 4 in) long and can accommodate 334 participants. The table was presented and measured in Aarau, Switzerland, on 25 July 2005. Two ten minute games were played on the table.
The longest table cloth measured 1,763 m (5,784 ft 1 in) in length and was created by a group known as “Gli Amici dell’Aia” (Italy) and laid out along via Romana and via Della Noce between the towns of Albinea and Scandiano, Italy on 12 September 2010. The table cloth was one conitnuous piece of fabric and was 1 m ( 3 ft 3 in) wide.
The longest table measured 1,003.9 m (3293 ft 7.5 in) and was achieved by Chlorophyll Events Middle East, at the Joy of Giving event, in Al Buhaira Corniche, Sharjah, UAE, on 20 July 2013. Iftar meal was served to around 1800 guests. The width of the table was 90 cm (295 ft).
The symphony Victory at Sea, written by Richard Rodgers for the documentary film of the same name and arranged by Robert Russell Bennett for NBC TV in 1952, lasted 13 hours. Changed to research status, see attachment
The longest dog tail measures 72.29 cm (28.46 in), achieved by Finnegan, an Irish wolfhound, from Calgary, Canada, on 15 August 2013. Finnegan is owned by Reilly Smith (Canada).
The longest tattoo session lasted for 50 hours and 10 minutes was achieved by Dave Fleet who tattooed James Llewellyn (both UK) at the Grosvenor Casino, Cardiff Bay, UK, on 27-29 October 2011. Dave runs Abracadabra parlour in Blackwood. James had tattoos of of scenes from the Bible and classic works of literature, including designs on both legs based on The Fall of Man, described in John Milton’s poem ‘Paradise Lost.’ They raised £2,300 for Cancer Research Wales.
The longest tattoo session (multiple people) is 48 hours and 2 minutes and was achieved by Alessandro Bonacorsi also known as Alle Tattoo (Italy), in Limidi di Soliera, Italy, on 21 October 2012.
The longest tandem motorcycle backflip measured 4.99 m (16 ft 5 in) and was completed by Travis Pastrana and Jolene Van Vugt (both USA) at Godfrey Trucking/Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, on 17 November 2008 for the MTV show ‘Nitro Circus’. Pastrana was the driver. The GWR episode will air January 2009.