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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
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    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,
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    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
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    from selling them of course!
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    A business that makes nothing but money,
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    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 wanna buy
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    a thousand cockroaches?
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    I do!
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    It turns out that people
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    aren't just buying them as pets
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    to have crawl around their house
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    or turn into cyber roaches,
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    they're buying them to make
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    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
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    whether chemicals in cockroach powder
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    can help cure
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    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
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    hold their breath for up to 30 minutes?
    [Flip]
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    Run up to 3 miles per hour? [Flip]
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    Can live over a week with their head?
    [Flip]
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    They like beer, and [flip] originated more
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    than 250 million years ago!
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    If you need a reference,
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    hit up my boy Wang Fu Ming,
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    he currently has a farm with over
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    10 million roaches!
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    Wow!
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    [several amazement clicking sounds]
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    Blows my mind it does!
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    Alright guys, well that's
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    the end of our episode,
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Are Cockroaches Good for Your Health?
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