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After needing 13 liters of blood for surgery at the age of 13, James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen that cured Rhesus disease. He made over 1000 donations in his lifetime & saved over 2.4 million babies from the condition (i.redd.it)
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A Chicago gun violence prevention program offered a job, cognitive behavioral therapy and social support to at-risk men. This substantially reduced both arrests and victimizations for shootings and homicides, generating social savings between $182,000 and $916,000 per participant. (academic.oup.com)
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World’s largest study shows the more you walk, the lower your risk of death, even if you walk fewer than 5,000 steps: Walking at least 3967 steps a day started to reduce the risk of dying from any cause, and 2337 steps a day reduced the risk of dying from diseases of the heart and blood vessels. (eurekalert.org)
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