Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
Yep, I got a free gift when I donated. I got this very handy toolkit and they gave out free cookies and juice drinks (which I think they give not just to be generous, but also because the sugar in those makes up for the blood loss or something like that).
That is exactly why they do that! See when you donate blood, your blood sugar and iron levels drop. So they give you cookies or sweets to bring the sugar levels back up and juices to get more vitamins like irons back into your body! It's also to keep you from passing out. It's also why they advice eating meat or beans afterwards, you need the protein.

Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga
Wow, girl, you rock at explaining American football AND blood types!

It's strange, in my family, we have blood types all over the spectrum. Crazy how these things sometimes work. XD
You flatter me! I just know a lot of random trivia and I like to share it!

It's all about them genetics. I can't really remember exactly how it works other than Os are generally recessive. So if you have a lot of mixes it means some people in your family are carrying the O gene and it's just not showing up.