Pringles can inventor buried with the brand

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From CNN: "The man who designed the Pringles potato chip packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans." Yes, Fred Baur, who died last month at age 89, had some of his remains placed in a Pringles can at his gravesite. Let’s hope they made it inside the vault. Those Pringles BBQ chips I had at lunch tasted a little … off.

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