blood donor
As of December 2008, I donated my 83st pint (10.5 gallons) of blood and I encourage others to donate as well. Every donation you make can save up to three lives. You can find your local blood donation center through this link.
Trivia
1. Your blood makes up what percent of your body weight? 7%
2.
How many red blood cells can you find in three drops of blood?
A little over 1 billion red blood cells.
3. Following the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, how many units of blood did he need? He needed 8 units of red cells, 3 units of plasma, and 1 unit of platelets… 12 units total
4. What was used instead of blood
in the famous scene of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “Psycho”?
Chocolate syrup was used during the 45-second “shower scene” in the
movie.
5. In the average lifetime, how much blood does your heart pump? In an average lifetime, your heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood… enough to fill more than 3 super tankers.
6. How many miles of blood vessels do blood cells travel through in your body? They travel through about 70,000 miles of vessels every 20 seconds.
7.
What animal did the first authentic blood transfusion keep alive?
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8. How many blood types do cows have? Cows have over 800 different blood types.