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The Rare Facts.

Freda Savahl
2 min readSep 3, 2021

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I read in Actual & Factual Reader & I Share.

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1. Niacin:

They did the first extraction of Vitamin B3 from nicotine as nicotinic acid. The name Niacin avoided the idea that foods with nicotinic acid contain nicotine or that cigarettes contain vitamins.

Research says plants and animals manufacture Niacin from the amino acid tryptophan.

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2. The Rarest Blood Type In the World:

In 1952 they discovered; hh, or Bombay blood, named after the city (now called Mumbai). Four people in every million have it. It is so rare; it requires people with this blood type to reserve their blood at blood banks for an emergency.

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3. How to respond to a sneeze in these foreign countries:

Norway and Sweden: Prosit! (May it help)

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Freda Savahl
Freda Savahl

Written by Freda Savahl

Retired Nurse Practitioner WHC /Contract Provider Deployment Military Services. US Citizen. Immigrant from South Africa 1978.

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