UMass Amherst broke the Guinness World Record for largest the fruit salad, cutting, pitting and dicing 15,291 pounds of fresh fruit into a swimming pool.
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4) UMass breaks Guinness World Record for largest fruit salad: 15,291 pounds in a swimming pool [By Diane Lederman]
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Photos: A slideshow of photos as 500 volunteers and staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst cut, pit and diced 15,291 pounds of fruit, setting a world record for the largest fruit salad as part of the annual campus welcome back barbecue (story No. 4 above).