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[Reporter]: Hey guys, so today we're

talking about cockroaches again!

[sound of disgust], grouse!

Wait, wait, why are most of us grossed out by these little guys when we should be thanking

these crazy critters?

At least people in China are, in fact did you know right now there are over 100 buildings

in China that are raising roaches?

Why you ask?

Because people are making money from selling them of course!

A business that makes nothing but money is a cockroach business.

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of cockroaches.

There are people who have money and people who raise cockroaches.

I know what you're thinking, who would want to buy a thousand cockroaches?

I do!

It turns out that people aren't just buying them as pets to have crawl around their house

or turn into cyber roaches, they're buying them to make medical powder!

This is how it works.

Farmers boil them.

Dry them.

Then smash them into a powdered product.

Quite sad really, poor little guys.

But you can't blame them.

Surprisingly, researchers are looking into whether chemicals in cockroach powder can

help cure hair loss, cancer, and even HIV!

Cockroaches are amazing!

Period.

So it's no wonder humans want some of that mojo!

Did you know cockroaches can hold their breath for up to 30 minutes?

Run up to 3 miles per hour?

Can live over a week with no problems?

And they can even breathe!

Cockroaches are not only weak without their head, they like beer, and originated more

than 250 million years ago!

If you need a reference, hit up my boy Wang Fu Ming, he currently has a farm with over

10 million roaches!

Wow!

Blows my mind it does!

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