Did you know that the Pringles can maker was buried in one of them?

Pringles potatoes are sold in more than 140 countries, generating an annual profit of over one billion dollars. And anyone who has had a taste of this famous packaging in their hands knows that it is not only for preserving potatoes, but also for many other purposes and DIY projects. What perhaps no one imagines is that, given all this versatility, Pringles's can has also served as a funeral parlor.

That's right! And who was buried in one of these tubes was Fredric John Baur, the person responsible for the packaging design. Baur passed away on May 4, 2008 and was cremated. Long before that, in the 1980s, he had revealed to his family his desire to have his ashes stored in one of the cans he created.

Although the creator's sons had doubts as to the truth of the request, they resolved to do their father's will and deposited some of their ashes in an original Pringles package. Then the tube was buried. The remaining small portion of the ashes was placed in a traditional urn and given to one of Baur's grandchildren.

While some consider that Pringles potatoes were invented by Alexander Liepa, it is worth remembering that the product patent belongs to Friedric Baur himself, who was a chemist and idealized the potatoes. The problem is that the formula developed by Baur did not have an attractive flavor and it was then that Liepa improved the product and got its name associated with the Pringles invention.

In addition to creating the formula and packaging, Fredric Baur was also responsible for the wavy shape in which potatoes are still produced today. In this way, the special shape and differentiated packaging of the product helped to make the potatoes reach almost intact to the consumer, unlike what used to happen with the packages.