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50 Facts You Learned at School That Are Not Real

BLOOD IS BLUE IN THE BODY

Generations of children managed to leave school believing blood is blue until it touches oxygen, when it turns red. Blood is always red. Veins appear blue only because of how light is filtered as it penetrates the skin.

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