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Bugs: Cockroaches

If roach eggs get in your mouth can they hatch inside your tongue? Is it true this has happened to people when they licked envelopes?
Fear of Licking - Envelopes, Cockroach Eggs and the U.S. Post Office
In the world according to urban folklore, horrors await us at every turn...
Cockroach Eggs in Tacos
Six variations on a fast food horror story.
Do Cockroaches Crawl in People's Ears?
Cecil "The Straight Dope" Adams answers the question with all due gravity and even gives serious consideration to the earwax factor. (See also: Earwigs.)

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