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McGill students are taught to think big, and they did just that Tuesday by setting a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest smoothie.

A crew of 100 volunteers made up of McGill University staff and students furiously chopped and blended ingredients for four hours to obliterate the previous smoothie record of 2,300 litres, set a year ago in Australia, with a monster 3,121.7-litre drink.

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The fruit smoothie was later distributed to students through a 10-foot-tall plastic water tower rigged up on the lower campus, not far from the statue of James McGill.

Nothing went to waste. A portion of the potion, 1,000 litres, also went to the Old Brewery Mission.

It was mission accomplished for Oliver de Volpi, McGill’s executive chef who was attempting to highlight the university’s annual food fair as well as promote healthy eating during Frosh week.

With that in mind, the smoothie was a non-alcoholic beverage.