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TIL that fish that live in frigid Arctic and Antarctic waters avoid freezing to death by producing antifreeze in their blood. This is so advantageous from an evolutionary standpoint that entirely unrelated fish species produce antifreeze proteins.

by whatilearned February 5, 2023, 12:54 pm

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TIL William Thornton, a doctor and the architect who designed the US Capitol Building, was summoned to George Washington’s home to treat his illness, arriving after his death. Thornton devised a plan to resurrect his corpse by inflating air into his lungs and transfusing lamb’s blood into his body.

by whatilearned February 4, 2023, 8:23 pm

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TIL That in 2004, a 25 year old virginal Japanese woman had surgery to remove a mature fetiform teratoma (a tumor that formed a doll-like structure) that contained brain, eye, spinal nerve, ear, teeth, thyroid gland, bone, bone marrow, gut, trachea, and blood vessel tissue… and more. 😳

by whatilearned February 1, 2023, 11:50 pm

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TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones.

by whatilearned January 30, 2023, 8:48 pm

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TIL that the horned lizard can squirt blood from its eyes as a defensive measure.

by whatilearned January 29, 2023, 4:31 am

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TIL levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), aka, “forever chemicals,” in the blood be reduced by blood or plasma donations

by whatilearned January 27, 2023, 5:52 pm

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my thoughts on the gargoyles from blood (1997)

by CopyPastaArchive January 25, 2023, 3:23 am

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TIL that while Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse any blood products/transfusions, they accept solid organ transplants, like kidneys, pancreas, etc.

by whatilearned January 24, 2023, 3:28 pm

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TIL Bayer’s Cutter Laboratories knowingly misrepresented the results of its own research and sold HIV contaminated blood to overseas markets in Asia and Latin America. As a consequence, hemophiliacs who infused the HIV-contaminated Factor VIII and IX developed AIDS.

by whatilearned January 23, 2023, 9:42 am

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TIL: A blue whale’s heart beats only 8 to 10 times per minute and circulates 5300 litres or 9326 pints of blood around the whale’s body

by whatilearned January 22, 2023, 9:37 pm

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TIL that blood plasma is America’s 10th largest export surpassing that of trucks.

by whatilearned January 17, 2023, 3:39 pm

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TIL Butterflies feed on Dead Animals, Garbage & Blood To Survive.

by whatilearned January 16, 2023, 4:22 pm

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