a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
But the Baby Ruth bar had nothing to do with the Babe. In fact, Curtiss Candy Company never swayed that the Baby Ruth bar was named after President Grover Clevelandâs daughter, Ruth. Yet, Ruth died an unfortunate death in 1904 at age 12. Curtiss introduced the candy bar in 1920. The company did not even exist until 1916.
Before it came to the United States, Twix was named the Raider candy bar. This name was used all throughout Europe until 1991 when the Mars Co. did a complete overhaul and used the Twix name all over the world. The new name stuck as sales increased for this popular candy bar.