How much is a unit of blood? Brookhaven National Laboratory explains that within one unit of blood there are several components, including red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, platelets and cryoprecipitate. Each component of blood can be stored for differing amounts of time, with plasma lasting the longest.
One more Hollywood bachelor is out of circulation now that Gene Kelly has married his pretty dance assistant Jeanne Coyne, in a surprise ceremony at 2am in Tonopah Nevada their close friends suspected they were in love but even so the marriage came as a bit of a surprise.
The widow of Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze has found love again. Lisa Niemi, who was married to Swayze for 34 years and nursed him through his battle with pancreatic cancer, is engaged to jeweler Albert DePrisco. A rep for Niemi, 57, confirmed the news to People magazine. DePrisco, 58, proposed to Niemi Christmas Eve after a year and a half of dating.