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1. 1,968 pints of blood is the record to beat.
2. Last year, Rutland fell short of this record by 13 pints.
3. Rutland has hosted GOLM since 2003. It's kind of a big deal.
4. Someone even made a movie about it.
5. Records are cool and all, but giving blood is kind of even a bigger deal.
Here are some quick facts you may not know about giving blood:
6. More than 41,000 blood donations are needed every day.
7. The average person has 10 pints of blood in his/her body.
8. Three lives are saved by one pint of blood.
9. The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.
10. Donors can give every 56 days. So don’t be a chicken: roll up your sleeve and donate.
BONUS: If you attempt to give blood at GOLM, you get a super awesome gift bag.
To find out if Rutland breaks the record, follow Gift-of-Life on Twitter: @GiftofLifeVT.
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