There are many medical reasons that can cause black stools that are tarry with a foul smell, but sometimes dark stools are caused by eating certain foods or taking iron supplements. However, black stools can also be a result of bleeding, and the darker color indicates that the blood could be coming from a point in the upper gastrointestinal tract.
Gertrude Levandowski survived a 96-hour procedure at a Chicago hospital to remove a giant ovarian cyst; the longest surgery. The second longest surgery ever was 40 hours long and that was to remove 6 limbs from a 8 limed baby in India. But the most common longest surgery is spinal cord surgery it is a 14 hour surgery.
In a game which began on April 18, 1981, the Rochester Red Wings were eventually defeated by the Pawtucket Red Soxâ¦ after playing a record-shattering 33 innings. To this day, it remains the longest professional baseball game ever played. It was a game rife with future superstars, as Hall-Of-Famers Cal Ripken Jr. and Wade Boggs played third base for Rochester and Pawtucket, respectively. That night, on the eve of Easter Sunday, 1740 fans were in attendance.