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Why does popcorn pop?
Uh, microwave popcorn was, was right there along with it. Uh, in 1951, a gentleman named Orville Redenbacher got together with a guy named Charles Bowman and bought a corn plant in Indiana. and experimented with different versions of popcorn varieties and landed on the Red Bow variety. And in 1969, started selling Orville Redenbacher branded popcorn. And here's what I didn't know.
They sold that brand six years later. They sold it in 1976 to Hunt Wesson Foods, but he was just the name and face of it. So he stayed the name and face of it.
Wow. Yeah. And Red Bow Variety, you said? I wonder if they named it after his penchant for red bow ties or he started wearing red bow ties because of the variety.
I don't think they named the variety. So I bet you he started wearing that thing because of that.
There you go. He also just said one more thing about Orville Ridenbacher. His Eames lounge chair, you know, the one with the ottoman?
Yeah.
He had one in his office in, I think, Nebraska, Omaha or something. And it's still out there. Orville Redenbacher's Eames lounge chair from his office is out there somewhere in the world.
Like someone owns it?
Yes. I've coveted it ever since I first heard about that.
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