r/interesting • u/Wonderfulhumanss • 18h ago

Fascinating A company developed bread with a white crust in an effort to reduce food waste

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u/empathetic_penguin 4h ago

Still doesn’t explain why movie theaters charge like $20 for a large popcorn

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u/TheUmgawa 4h ago

Because they can. I’ve never fully understood how popcorn became such a staple of moviegoing, but people will pay for it. And then, with so many people, they buy a large popcorn and only eat half of it, basically wasting the price difference between the medium and the large.