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Longest surviving single lung transplant patient

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.

Longest table tennis rally

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.

Longest table cloth

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.

Longest table

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).

Longest symphony

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

Longest tattoo session (team of two)

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.

Longest tandem motorcycle backflip

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.