#medtechtrivia Gold in our blood

We already knew that Rh-null blood is considered by doctors as the "Golden" blood. But did you know that our blood should be considered as "golden" blood literally?

It is because the human body contains minute amount of gold, approximately 0.2 milligrams. Most of it circulates throughout our body and diffused with our blood. According to The Telegraph, you would need to bleed 40,000 people dry just to collect enough blood to make an 8-gram nugget of gold.

References:
- http://www.medicaldaily.com/pulse/true-blood-7-little-known-facts-about-blood-319652
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/8667421/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-gold.html

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