An average US prison meal is MORE nutritious than a public SCHOOL one!

I didn't grow up in the United States, but I have friends that grew up waiting in line for grey mashed potatoes and other weird looking food 'things.' They don't remember it fondly. 'Good.is' and 'Column Five' decided to compare what the average US school kid gets served at a cafeteria, and what the average US prisoner gets. The results were shocking. 

Although the prison system is not regulated by the USDA, their menus try to serve meals that maintain a moderate level of nutrition. On the other hand, school kids get served highly processed, unhealthy meals. While the average amount of calories is around the same (1,400 per meal!), the meal is less balanced and composed of less nutritious items. Shockingly, less than ONE THIRD of school food operations were found to meet the standards for saturated fat in their meals. They also found that fast-food places like McDonald's test their ground beef 5 to 10 times more often than the USDA tests beef sent to schools! 

Got any cafeteria horror stories? Tell us in the comments!

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Kevin Spacey refused top billing for Seven to avoid giving away the killer's identity in the opening credits.

The producers offered him top billing, but he didn't want to spoil the viewers. He also saw it as an advantage, because that way he didn't have to participate in any of the marketing or publicity junkets and other events that stars have to go through.

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Steve Jobs met his biological father, and didn't realize it for YEARS!

Of the many tidbits coming out through the new, authorized Steve Jobs biography, this is one of the most curious ones. 

Steve Jobs finally tracked down his biological mother, who then introduced him to his sister, Mona Simpson. She turned out to be an accomplished novelist and shared many traits with Jobs; they eventually formed a very close relationship.

While Jobs didn't want anything to do with his biological father, Mona Simpson eventually tracked him down (he had abandoned her and her mom when Mona was 5). In their conversation, he mentioned that he used to run a restaurant in Palo Alto, CA that had been very successful. He listed famous people that ate there... including Steve Jobs!

Simpson managed to contain herself and tell her dad that Steve Jobs was his son at the time. However, she did tell Jobs, who brushed it aside, and never made an effort to go and meet him again.

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A 1980s TV Show predicted Muammar Gaddafi's death with eerie accuracy!

Disney's EPCOT center was originally intended to be a CITY!

The version of EPCOT that was eventually constructed was radically different than Walt Disney had intended. His original plan was for EPCOT to be a full fledged and functioning city. In fact, EPCOT stands for Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow, and its purpose was to incorporate all the new technologies and developments in city planning in order to make the most modern community possible. 

Disney wanted EPCOT to be home for about 20,000 residents and for it to be sort of a test-tube for American ingenuity and city planning. It would be build in concentric circles and multiple levels. His life was sadly cut short before he could see ANY of his Orlando constructions completed and his original plan wasn't realized. The video below describes in detail what EPCOT was supposed to be. 

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