  
. Did you know? . 1. Most species prefer damp, dark places, such as sewers, crawl spaces. Also, basements in Utica. 2. About 80 percent of the cockroaches people see are sexually immature, an expert told a newspaper recently. 3. Foul odor. 4. Cockroaches have not changed much in 320 million years, except for a brief period of perms in the 1980s. 5. Cockroaches are tough, and able to resist a number of insecticides and tomatoes from crowds. 6. Cockroaches can be stopped by boric acid powder or by shutting off electricity to their amps. 7. A cockroach can live up to nine days without its head. 8. Roaches will eat anything, but they like sweet and floury foods. They can live for a month without food, two weeks without water or four days without beer. 9. The cockroach is the fastest animal on six legs. It can run up to 3 miles in an hour. It also has 18 knees. 10. Cockroaches spend 75 percent of their time resting. | 
