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Waitress swallows cockroach to prove a point

July 29, 2009 9:27 AM CDT

A waitress at a restaurant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, swallowed a cockroach crawling in one of the guests’ bowl of noodles.

Zhang Xue, in her 20s, only wanted to prove that the insect was harmless after the guests created a ruckus.

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