The man who designed the Pringles can had his ashes buried in one.

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2008

The man who designed the Pringles can had his ashes buried in one.

Part of Pringles packaging designer Fredric Baur's cremated remains was buried in a Pringles can after his death in 2008. His family honored a personal request; his whole body was not placed in the tube.

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McDonald's makes most of its franchise money from rent, not burgers.

Rent is the largest revenue category McDonald's reports from franchised restaurants, ahead of royalties. That does not mean rent is most of all corporate revenue, or that every franchise follows the same property arrangement.

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Nintendo was founded in 1889 to sell handmade playing cards.

Nintendo traces its origins to Fusajiro Yamauchi making hanafuda playing cards in Kyoto in 1889. Its first home video game machines arrived in 1977, nearly nine decades later.

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