Two million
red blood cells die every second.

There are approximately 100,000
miles of blood vessels in the human body.

Seven percent of a humans body
weight is made up of blood.

In the early nineteenth century
some advertisements claimed that riding the carousel was
good for the circulation of blood.

Each day 400 gallons of recycled
blood are pumped through the kidneys.

By donating just one pint of
blood, four lives can be saved.

Blood is such a good stain
that Native Americans used it for paint.

The kidneys filter over 400
gallons of blood each day.

The average life span of a
single red blood cell is 120 days.

Blood accounts for about 8%
of a human's body weight.

A woman has approximately 4.5
liters of blood in her body, while men have 5.6 liters.

Your blood takes a very long
trip through your body. If you could stretch out all of
a human's blood vessels, they would be about 60,000 miles
long. That's enough to go around the world twice.

Half your body’s red blood
cells are replaced every seven days.

If all the blood vessels in
your body were laid end to end, they would reach about
60,000 miles.

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