What’s Your Type? A Collection of Trivia and Fun Facts About Blood Types

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Blood types indicated as A, B, O, and AB.

They’re used in fortune-telling and once sparked trends in personality and compatibility tests.

While blood type is crucial in medical settings such as for transfusions, it’s probably not something most people think about in everyday life.

In this article, we’ll share trivia and fun facts to help you learn more about blood types!

We’ve gathered a variety of tidbits about blood types, including their hidden aspects and the blood types of non-human creatures.

Check out these interesting facts about blood types you might not have known before!

[What’s Your Type?] Trivia & Fun Facts About Blood Types (11–20)

White blood cells also have blood types.

Speaking of blood types, the ABO and Rh types, which are determined using red blood cells, are well known, but did you know that white blood cells also have blood types? The blood type of white blood cells is called the HLA type.

HLA stands for Human Leukocyte Antigen, which in Japanese is “hito hakkeikyū kōgen.” A match of this HLA type becomes important in bone marrow transplantation.

However, because HLA types are inherited one from each parent, the likelihood of a match even among family members is not very high.

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In conclusion

We’ve shared some trivia and fun facts about blood types—what did you think? Learning various facts about the blood types of humans and other living creatures can be pretty interesting, right? Since blood, which indicates our blood type, is extremely important, let’s take care of our health every day to avoid injuries and illnesses in the first place!