Interesting facts about blood

The Japanese believe that blood type strongly influences a person's character. The first group attributed determination, self-confidence; the second - a closed, reliability; third - mind, ambition; Fourth - poise. They give this so important that even can deny you a job just because of the fact that you have not the same blood group.


Many people mistakenly believe that the bullfight bull attacks matador cape because of his annoying red. Actually bull not distinguish color in principle. It responds to the motion. The red color was chosen simply because the blood of a bull on it is not so noticeable.


Attach to your ear and hear the conch shell as the sea roar, we were told as a child. Of course, this is not no sound of the sea. This environmental sounds and the sounds of the human body resonate in the cavities of the shell. One of the components of the noise is the flow of blood through the vessels. The same effect can be achieved simply by applying his ear bent palm.


Antarctic ice fish are colorless blood. There are no red blood cells and hemoglobin. This special unit of the circulatory system allows icefish live in an environment with a temperature below the freezing point of water.


74-year-old Australian James Harrison donated blood about 1,000 times. In his rare blood contains antibodies that help to survive newborns with severe anemia. It is estimated that thanks to his donation, managed to save more than two million babies.