Did you know:
A dolphin's hearing is so acute that it can pick up an underwater sound from fifteen miles away.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backwards.
Elephants have been found swimming miles from shore in the Indian Ocean.
MADISON, Wis. — A Dean Health System nurse was called out of surgery so a manager could tell her she was being laid off.
Dean Health says the surgery was minor and the patient wasn't affected, but the manager who summoned the nurse from surgery violated medical protocol.
Dean Health spokesman Paul Pitas says the incident happened at Dean's West Clinic in Madison on Wednesday or Thursday.
The Madison-based
health care provider announced Wednesday that it planned to "immediately" lay off 90 employees.
Pitas declined to name the employees involved or what type of surgery the nurse was attending when she was called away.
Did you know that:
The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs, because a cows' knees can't bend properly to walk back down.
A female swine, or a sow, will always have a even number of teats or nipples, usually twelve.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds
Did you know where Lithuania is?
Lithuania, is a country in Northern Europe, and is one of the three Baltic states. Situated along the South Eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of the Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest.
Independence from the Russian Empire (1918)
May 2004 Currency: Lithuanian litas
(Lt) Capital:(and largest city) Vilnius
Official languages: Lithuanian
Government: Semi-presidential republic President:
Valdas Adamkus Prime Minister: Andrius Kubilius
About 70% of Lithuanian high school graduates continue their studies in universities and colleges.
Did you know that:If you could throw a snowball fast enough, it would totally vaporize when it hit a brick wall.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
75% of wild birds die before they are 6 months old.
An annoyed camel will spit at a person.
The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car.
The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant.
Did you know that:
Women should only eat 2000 calories a day and Men should only eat 2500 calories a day.
So if you eat a Mcdonalds - Hamburger, Small Fries and Med. Strawberry Shake
you consume 1040 Calories, 860 mg Sodium, 33 g Total Fat.
So is their
any wonder why so many americans are looking like this?
