MINI BELIEVE IT OR NOT –

Cockroach tea was a traditional remedy for tetanus and other ailments in 19th century Louisiana.

  • In some cultures, cockroaches are praised for their nutritional value
  • The Greeks and Egyptians used ground or boiled cockroaches for medicinal purposes
  • Cockroach tea was an old Creole remedy for tetanus
  • Along with a chaser of boiled cockroach poultice, it was thought to heal wounds and stingray burns

MINI BION EXTRAS

  • Wingless Australian burrowing cockroaches, the biggest roaches in the world, are being kept as pets in Australia
  • Cockroaches in Brazil are known to eat the eyelashes and toenails of children as they sleep
  • On Jan. 26, 2011, police in Orlando, FL arrested a man for cockroach smuggling

MINI BION

“BIONs” – short for Believe It or Not – is the word we use at Ripley’s to refer to anything that is unbelievable and worthy to become part of Ripley’s lore and collection.