8 Mildly Impressive Facts You Won’t Believe Were Discovered on Reddit – How Many Will You Bother To Remember? (4 of 5)

The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one

Next time you decide to pop open a can of Pringles, just keep this in mind: you might actually end up inhaling Fredric Baur’s ashes. Okay, that’s a complete, 100%, unquestionably false lie, so no lawsuits, please, and thanks. Baur, you see, is credited with inventing the iconic cylindrical can that keeps Pringles “chips” (i.e., potato-and-flour-based goo that is molded into the shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid) fresh and intact. And as one Reddit user noted, upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes were put into a Pringles can before his burial. Did his family do this to troll him? Nah, it was his own request. But it sure would have been funny and evil if they’d done this of their own volition.

The world’s quietest room is so silent, you can hear your own blood flowing

Looking for a bit of peace and quiet? You could find yourself in a calm and tranquil pond and go fishing for the afternoon. But then how on earth would you be able to hear your own blood flowing in your veins with all those birds chirping and frogs ribbiting? This is where Orfield Laboratories – home to the quiet room in the world – comes into play. Situated in Minneapolis, the anechoic chamber literally has negative background noise. We’re talking -9.4 decibels, according to Reddit, so quiet that you can actually make out the squishy sound of your blood moving around. Most folks don’t stick around very long as even a few minutes of extreme silence is enough to cause disorientation and the dancing psychedelic lizards and whatnot.