Anyone fancy a nice long drink? Staff at the El Floridita tavern in Old Havana, Cuba, made cocktail history at the weekend by creating the world's largest daiquiri cocktail.

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Ten bartenders and 55 volunteers helped mix up the rum, lemon and sugar cocktail - while two dedicated waiters stood on a wooden platform and poured all 270 litres into a 6.5ft tall glass. (It's a tough job, but somebody had to do it. Apparently.)

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And the reasons behind the record attempt? It was actually a double celebration to mark the bar's 195th anniversary - plus what would have been the 113th birthday of its most famous former customer, writer Ernest Hemingway.

Ah, we're sure it's what he would have wanted...