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Are Cockroaches Good for Your Health?

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    [Ambient Intro]
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    [Reporter]: Hey guys, so today we're
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    talking about cockroaches again!
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    [sound of disgust], grouse!
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    Wait, wait, why are most of us grossed out by these little guys when we should be thanking
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    these crazy critters?
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    At least people in China are, in fact did you know right now there are over 100 buildings
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    in China that are raising roaches?
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    Why you ask?
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    Because people are making money from selling them of course!
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    A business that makes nothing but money is a cockroach business.
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    I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of cockroaches.
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    There are people who have money and people who raise cockroaches.
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    I know what you're thinking, who would want to buy a thousand cockroaches?
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    I do!
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    It turns out that people aren't just buying them as pets to have crawl around their house
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    or turn into cyber roaches, they're buying them to make medical powder!
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    This is how it works.
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    Farmers boil them.
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    Dry them.
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    Then smash them into a powdered product.
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    Quite sad really, poor little guys.
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    But you can't blame them.
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    Surprisingly, researchers are looking into whether chemicals in cockroach powder can
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    help cure hair loss, cancer, and even HIV!
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    Cockroaches are amazing!
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    Period.
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    So it's no wonder humans want some of that mojo!
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    Did you know cockroaches can hold their breath for up to 30 minutes?
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    Run up to 3 miles per hour?
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    Can live over a week with no problems?
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    And they can even breathe!
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    Cockroaches are not only weak without their head, they like beer, and originated more
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    than 250 million years ago!
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    If you need a reference, hit up my boy Wang Fu Ming, he currently has a farm with over
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    10 million roaches!
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    Wow!
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    Blows my mind it does!
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    Alright guys, that's the end of our episode, be sure to check out these other episodes
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    over here.
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Are Cockroaches Good for Your Health?
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