If a test says a MAN is pregnant, he may have CANCER!

There's a hormone called human chorionic gonadotrophin or hCG, which is produced by the developing embryo when women get pregnant. hCG helps control and regulate other development hormones. Because it appears so early into the pregnancy, it's used as an early indicator of pregnancy by over-the-counter pregnancy tests (the ones you pee on).

However, some types of cancer, including testicular cancer, also produce hCG. This means that if men pee on that same pregnancy stick, and test positive, it might be an indicator that they have developed testicular cancer! This puts the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "Junior" in a completely different perspective!

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In the US, you can be TOO smart to be a policeman!

In 1999, a Federal judge dismissed lawsuit between Robert Jordan (a bachelor in Literature) and the New London police force. Jordan said he was rejected from the police force because he had tested too HIGH in the police department's aptitude tests. Jordan saw this as a kind of discrimination and sued on the basis that being rejected for being too smart is the same as being rejected for being of a different race or religion.

Jordan says that when he asked the person in charge of hiring why this was the case, he responded that the job of a policeman in New London can be very mundane, routine and boring. Having people with High IQs would increase the number of people quitting, because they would be too bored with the job, he told Jordan. 

After reviewing the case, the judge ruled that Robert Jordan hadn't been discriminated against, because he was treated the same way as everyone. ANYONE who scored too high on the tests was rejected, therefore he did not qualify for equal protection under Federal law. 

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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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