13 Interesting Facts About Human Blood

Pus is just white blood cells that died fighting off infection.

In the late 90s, Saddam Hussein commissioned a Quran to be written in his own blood. Now, Muslim leaders aren’t sure what to do with it–To write the Quran in blood was a sin, but to destroy it would also be a sin.

Because blood only has a shelf life of approximately 42 days, after 9/11 and the flood of blood donations, the Red Cross had to throw out all of the surplus blood, and experienced a shortage.

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