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TIL when the Barilla pasta company introduced a spring-form pasta in the 1970s, it was named “cellentani” in honour of Italian singer Adriano Celentano, whose nickname is “the springy one.” As Bar... (en.wikipedia.org)
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Original Title: TIL when the Barilla pasta company introduced a spring-form pasta in the 1970s, it was named “cellentani” in honour of Italian singer Adriano Celentano, whose nickname is “the springy one.” As Barilla trademarked the name, other companies called the shape “cavatappi”

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