The reason Pringles fit so nicely in a cylindrical tube is because they're hyperbolic paraboloids plotted over a circular domainpic.twitter.com/BUzjPw7e17
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if pringles were flat they would also fit believe it or not
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Also there would be less Pringle per Pringle.
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But there would be more Pringles per tube
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Any shape introduced automatically increases the rigidity of the item If pringles were flat..they’d snap every time you dunked them in your favourite dip
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