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Hi there, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!
I'm Nancy Sun…
And I'm Trevor Tortomasi.
In today's news:
Pink in the water, salt in your food, and the biggest Marvel fan.
All that and more, coming up next.
台南七股魚塭變夢幻"粉紅湖" Tainan's "Pink Pond"
Picture a beautiful pond (池塘) in your head.
What color is the water?
Is it blue or green?
How about the color pink?
There is a pond in Tainan that is becoming famous… because it is pink!
The pond is in Tainan's Qigu District (七股).
It is actually a fish pond (魚塭).
And the water in the pond is pink, because of the photosynthetic bacteria (光合菌).
Many fish farmers grow this bacteria in their ponds.
The bacteria helps keep fish, shrimp, and other animals in the pond healthy.
And this bacteria is pink.
So a little photosynthetic bacteria makes the water light pink.
And a lot of the bacteria makes the water a bright pink.
The pond in Tainan has a lot of the special bacteria.
So it is a bright pink color.
魚塭的主人說水裡有放光合菌的菌母，菌母會繁殖，而魚塭裡的粉紅色就是光合菌的顏色。
Some people have said the pond looks like a strawberry milkshake (草莓奶昔).
But if you want to go take pictures, you have to ask the owner of the fish pond first. 不過這個夢幻粉紅池塘是私人土地，所以想去拍攝的話要先得到地主的允許喔。
There are other "pink ponds" in Taiwan.
Fish ponds near Kinmen County's Ci Lake (金門慈湖) are also pink.
And Lake Hillier, in Australia, is one of the most famous pink lakes in the world.
Lake Hillier is bright pink.
It is surrounded by green plants.
And it is right next to the ocean.
So many people enjoy the colors of the bright pink lake, bright green plants, and bright blue ocean, all together.
健康享受重口味？用日本【減鹽筷】 Japanese Chopsticks Make Food Taste More Salty
Sometimes, a salty snack just tastes so good.
Our bodies need a little salt (鹽份) to stay healthy.
But lots of foods we eat now have too much salt.
And too much salt can be bad for you.
You might feel very thirsty, or weak (虛弱).
And too much salt can lead to high blood pressure (高血壓), and even heart disease (心臟疾病).
Now scientists in Japan may have a way for us to enjoy salty foods without hurting our bodies.
It's a pair of chopsticks (筷子).
But they aren't just normal chopsticks.
These chopsticks can make food taste 1.5 times more salty. 日本科學家發明了"減鹽筷"，可以把食物的鹹度放大1.5倍。
With these chopsticks, people can use less salt, and still enjoy the taste of their food.
How do they do this?
The chopsticks come with a mini-computer.
The eater wears the mini-computer on their wrist.
And a tiny bit of electricity goes through the chopsticks.
The electricity does not hurt the person at all.
Together, the mini-computer and electricity make the person taste saltiness in their mouth. 這雙減鹽筷子透過戴在手腕上的迷你電腦和電的刺激，將食物中的鈉離子傳到口腔，產生鹹味。
So there might be only a little salt in the dish.
But the eater will taste a lot of saltiness.
Scientists say the chopsticks may go on sale next year.
漫威鐵粉創金氏世界紀錄 Florida Man Watches Spider-Man Movie 292 Times
Do you have a movie that you really love?
Do you love it enough to watch it many times?
How about hundreds of times?
A man in Florida watched "Spider-Man: No Way Home" 292 times!
Ramiro Alanis started watching the movie in movie theaters on December 16th, 2021.
And the last time he watched it was on March 15th, 2022.
He spent 720 hours watching the movie!
For the first few weeks, he would watch the movie five times a day.
And he spent about $100,000 NT buying tickets to watch the movie.
He watched the movie so many times that he set a new world record!
美國佛羅里達州一名男子在3個月內看【蜘蛛人：無家日】多達292次，成為史上觀看單一部電影次數最多的紀錄保持人。
Ramiro says he's watched "Spider-Man: No Way Home" so many times, that he remembers everything everyone said in the movie.
Ramiro also set a world record in 2019, after watching "Avengers: Endgame" 191 times.
So, in today's News Bites:
A pond in Tainan's Qigu District is pink.
It is actually a fish pond.
And the water in the pond is pink, because of photosynthetic bacteria.
Scientists in Japan have made a special pair of chopsticks.
These chopsticks can make food taste 1.5 times more salty.
With these chopsticks, people can use less salt, and still enjoy the taste of their food.
And,
A man in Florida watched "Spider-Man: No Way Home" 292 times!
Ramiro Alanis spent 720 hours watching the new movie again and again.
He watched the movie so many times that he set a new world record!
And that's today's episode of News Bites!