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The inventor of the Pringles can requested to be buried in one, and his family honored the wish.

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Fred Baur, the chemist who helped develop the iconic can and manufacturing process of Pringles chips, requested that some of his ashes be placed in a can of the product after his death.

Source: Food History Archives

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