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What's up, sunshine? I'm Koi Wire.

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Welcome to CNN 10, where I tell you the

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what, letting you decide what to think.

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Speaking of sunshine, I was just reading

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about solar eclipses and why even though

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the sun is about 400 times larger than

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the moon, they appear to be the same

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size in our sky because each of their

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diameters to distance from Earth ratios

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are both 1 to 100. Talk about a cosmic

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coincidence. All right, I digress. The

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space news story that we are starting

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with today is what's being called a

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self-eing spacecraft. an out of

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thisworld idea that could make cheaper

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space exploration a reality. Meridian

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Space Command claims its economic

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transfer vehicle or ETV actually

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consumes its own fuel tank as it propels

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itself into space. It has a polymer fuel

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tank filled with hydrogen peroxide, the

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stuff you find in your medicine cabinet.

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And a special motor superheats the fuel

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which reacts with the surrounding tank

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to combust, producing thrust while

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simultaneously eating up the tank, so to

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speak. The company says the cannibal

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craft allows for bigger payloads. We are

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talking deep space travel on a budget.

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What happens is that when you thrust,

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the length of this tank gets shorter and

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shorter and shorter until you're left

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with a little stubby tank. So you can

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start sending small payloads to really

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high energy locations in the inner solar

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system, you know, to the moon, uh,

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beyond. Now, the concept is still in its

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preliminary stage, but the company hopes

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it will enable smaller startups to

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explore space for a fraction of the cost

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while also reducing the amount of space

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debris orbiting around the Earth.

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News out of Connecticut now, where

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science meets sports and snow. They are

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creating snow to prepare for their

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upcoming Special Olympics Winter Games.

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Crews are turning cold air and water

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into shred ready courses. And local

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Connecticut TV station WTIC has an

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awesome explainer of how it's done.

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>> Um, we started yesterday at about 8:00.

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I'm running five guns. I got an electric

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air compressor. I got the water from the

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fire hydrant. We mix them together in

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the guns and make snow when it's cold

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like it is today. The Connecticut

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Special Olympics Winter Games need snow,

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piles of it.

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>> There's a lot of effort that goes into

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it. Months of planning beforehand. All

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the pipes need to be connected. They

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need to be brought in. Compressors need

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to be brought in. And as you can see

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right now, five snow guns. They are

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blaring away, making large piles of

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snow.

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>> Andy Colette is the company's resident

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snowman, making snowfall just in time

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for the games to begin for more than 20

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years. I actually make more ice crystals

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than I do snow, like fluffy snow. Fluffy

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snow will melt a lot faster if we get a

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rainstorm. So, I make big piles of

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almost like salt or sugar crystals.

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>> His experience has this man-made

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blizzard down to a science. Snow will

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spray from these hoses for 100 hours and

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requires nearperfect conditions.

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>> We just went through a January thaw for

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9 days. Um, we don't know what February

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is going to bring. So, I will make the

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piles. The piles last a lot longer than

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flattening out the snow. I like

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singledigit temperatures or very low

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humidity are perfect for these types of

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snow guns. Eventually, these piles will

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get flattened and molded into the cross

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country skiing and snowshoe events.

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Volunteers work the,200 ft of air and

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water pipes day and night in freezing

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temps to make it happen. It's a special

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kind of work for Connecticut's Special

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Olympians.

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In the mountains of Chile's Patagonia, a

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conservation effort months in the making

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is finally taking flight. CNN's Daniela

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Torres shows us how science and

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community come together to protect the

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nation's iconic species.

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After months of rehabilitation, three

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young Indian condors are flying free

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again in Patagonia.

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A symbol of Indian culture for

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millennia, the species can reach a

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wingspan of up to 3 m and live more than

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70 years. According to the Rewing Chile

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Foundation,

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according to the foundation, the release

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took place in Patagonia National Park as

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part of the Mangu Project, a

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collaborative initiative between public

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and private institutions dedicated to

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conserving the Andian condor.

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Carmen born in captivity and the rescued

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males Awinko and Parajon were

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rehabilitated and transferred to

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Patagonia last October. After three

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months of acclimatization, they were

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finally released into their natural

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habitat.

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The emotional moment was witnessed by

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authorities and local communities who

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also took part in educational talks

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about the ecological importance of the

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NDNER.

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Each bird carries satellite and radio

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transmitters, allowing researchers to

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monitor their adaptation to the natural

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environment and collect key information

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about their movements, threats, and use

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of the territory.

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Since 2014, the Mango Project has

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released 24 Andian condors,

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strengthening efforts to protect one of

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the Andes most emblematic and essential

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species.

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Papua Hot Shot Taco Bell was one of the

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first major chains to offer what feature

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nationwide online ordering, drive-thru

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service, vegetarian menu, or all day

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breakfast.

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If you said vegetarian menu, cool beans.

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In 2015, Taco Bell partnered with the

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American Vegetarian Association.

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According to Forbes, the chain saves

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millions of dollars when customers

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choose to swap beans for beef or

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chicken. Taco Bell says, quote, "Value

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is the secret sauce behind its

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remarkable sales growth." I apologize

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for this next story if you're hungry.

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CNN's Jordan Valinsky visited the

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birthplace of Doritos Loco Taco, the

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Mexican pizza, the now defunct edible

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rice paper taco rapper, the Liv Moss

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Innovation Center. That's what I'm

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talking about. Nacho average assignment.

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Let's see it.

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>> All right, we're here on the line and

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what are we going to make?

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>> We're going to make the mini taco salad.

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>> You ready?

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>> Yeah. Okay, let's do it.

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>> Let's go.

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>> Americans love Taco Bell. Consumers are

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cutting back spending as prices climb,

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often ditching bowls and burgers. But

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even as rivals struggle, Taco Bell sales

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are up, growing consistently over the

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past 5 years. Customers keep coming back

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to the chain. We visited Taco Bell's

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test kitchen in Irvine, California to

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find out why. You start off. We're going

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to take our delightful crispy little

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shell. Um, so we're going to put a

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secret pocket of seasoned beans. That's

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the first thing we're going to make.

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Taco Bell is introducing new products to

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its value menu this week. Churros in a

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mini taco salad. The chain credits its

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innovative, affordable menu for rising

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sales, jumping again by 7% late last

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year. That's more than double McDonald's

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or Burger King.

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>> Why do you think Taco Bell's so

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successful in the space right now? I

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mean, it has several consecutive

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quarters seeing sort of growth. Yeah.

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other chains are struggling, right? I

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mean, what's your secret sauce?

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>> I think one of the biggest reasons we're

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ahead is Valley. And so, as we look at

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2026, that's going to be a core part of

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how we stay ahead. We wanted to take it

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to another level. And that's because we

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listen to consumers so much. You start

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to stay relevant with culture, listening

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to where young consumers are, where our

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biggest fans are. I want to ask what

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you're hearing from consumers in terms

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of, you know, how they're spending.

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Snacking and like treating yourself,

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especially with Gen Z and young

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consumers, is huge. And like things like

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the dessert churro, the dip play a lot

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of into that role, but consumer tastes

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are always evolving. So Taco Bell has to

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keep up.

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>> So the sensory lab, this is where we

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actually conduct sensory testing.

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>> So this is where all the new food gets

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tested here before.

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>> A lot of the new food comes through

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here. Yeah. Before actually the public

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starts to see it. So we'll ask things

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like, "What's your overall liking of the

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product? Is this spicy? Tell me how

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spicy it is. Tell me if it's beefy."

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If we're doing a flavor like Juplay for

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example, it'll say like do you is the

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flavor just right? Is it too much? Is it

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too little? Potential products see

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months of brainstorming and research

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before heading into the sensory lab.

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>> And then after that we'll then go into

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actual restaurants and we'll go into a

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market typically. So for the value menu

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went into Indianapolis in July tested

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with consumers.

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>> So is each item tested in here?

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>> Yeah, every item.

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>> What about the churros?

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>> Was absolutely amazing. They loved it

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straight off. We got that one right.

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A

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tale of a record-breaking pup that's

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positively massive. Meet Minnie, a Great

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Dane who is definitely not so mini.

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She's been named the tallest living

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female dog by Guinness World Records.

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>> When you submit to Guinness, they tell

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you that it may take up to 12 weeks.

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>> In Minnie's case, it took much longer.

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Her family started the process nearly a

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year ago following strict rules to make

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sure every measurement was positively

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exact. Her height from ground to withers

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or ridge between her shoulder blades a

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whopping 3t 2 and a/4 in.

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>> This is a measuring stick for a

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miniature horse.

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>> This great Dane Mini has a great

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pawality.

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Playful, gentle, and despite her size,

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she is convinced she's a lap dog. I have

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Mr. Prior and Cross Town High School in

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Memphis, Tennessee. I see you Yetis.

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Thank you for making us a part of your

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Koi Wire and we are CNN 10.