Fredric Baur, the man who designed the Pringles can, was cremated and some of his ashes were buried in one of his patented containers.
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Fredric Baur, the man who designed the Pringles can, was cremated and some of his ashes were buried in one of his patented containers.
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Wonder if they changed the saying on the front, "100 chips in every can"?
I was thinking that, since cremation was used, they changed it to "crisps".
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