CRAZY THINGS ABOUT BLOOD

YOUR BODY HAS OVER 160,000 KM (100,000 MILES) OF

BLOOD VESSELS. WHICH IF LAID END TO END, WOULD

STRETCH 2 AND A HALF TIMES AROUND THE EARTH

THERE ARE FOUR MAIN BLOOD CELL TYPES, A, B, AB

AND O. EACH CAN BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. AB IS

THE UNIVERSAL RECIPIENT WHILE O NEGATIVE IS

THE UNIVERSAL DONOR.

IN AN AVERAGE LIFE TIME THE HUMAN HEART PUMPS

1.5 MILLION BARRELS OF BLOOD (THAT'S ENOUGH

TO FILL 200 TRAIN TANK CARS)

ONE UNIT OF BLOOD CAN BE SEPARATED INTO SEVERAL

COMPONENTS: RED BLOOD CELLS, PLASMA,

PLATELETS AND CRYOPRECIPITATE.

PREGNANT WOMEN HAVE ROUGHLY 50% MORE BLOOD

BY WEEK 20 OF PREGNANCY THAN THEY DID

BEFORE CONCEPTION

IN EMERGENCIES, COCONUT WATER CAN BE USED AS

A SUBSTITUTE FOR BLOOD PLASMA

A BLOOD CELL CAN MAKE A COMPLETE CIRCUIT OF

YOUR BODY IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS

THERE ARE ABOUT .2 MG OF GOLD IN YOUR

BLOOD STREAM

YOUR BLOOD ACCOUNTS FOR 8% OF YOUR

BODY WEIGHT