uninteresting blood fact 1) when you reveive somone elses blood, it takes about 1 month before that blood turns into your blood.

Take my blood my child.... feel it's warmth running through your veins... Let my evil embrace and control you!!! Ma ha ha ha ha

what does the 'rh' mean??

Scientists sometimes study Rhesus monkeys to learn more about the human anatomy because there are certain similarities between the two species. While studying Rhesus monkeys, a certain blood protein was discovered. This protein is also present in the blood of some people. Other people, however, do not have the protein. The presence of the protein, or lack of it, is referred to as the Rh (for Rhesus) factor.

apparently they need to take an extra tube of blood to find out your blood type. I once asked about it as well, and my doc was like, "It's a waste of money, if they ever need to know, they'll test you again anyway".

//there's all those archaic laws about not being able to donate blood for a year if you've ever slept with someone who's engaged in "high risk behaviours".
Really? Why should they care if my boyfriend likes basejumping?

err..actually, basejumping sounds kind of appropriate in that context..