Blood Facts

Blood Facts

·         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.