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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.

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Vampire bats have a natural anticoagulant in their saliva that permits continuous bleeding after they painlessly open a wound with their incisors. This capillary blood does not cause any significant blood loss to their victims.

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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.

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You should not take more than 1,000 mg of vitamin E per day. Doses above this amount increase the risk of bleeding problems that can lead to a stroke.

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There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.

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