Twix brand name. The name Twix is a portmanteau derived from 'twin biscuit sticks'. In 2014, the company introduced Twix bites. Between 2012 and 2013 the size of a standard Twix in the UK was reduced by 14%, from 58g to 50g. All Twix production for the U.S. market takes place at the Mars Chocolate North America facility in Cleveland, Tennessee. The name change from Raider to Twix is part of the plot in German Netflix TV series "Dark" where a brand new Raider wrapping from 1986 is found in 2019. A Twix bar is referred to in the Netflix series
Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe was published. Continuing Boswell's line of research, it served as a defence of his thesis, confirming that: "For a very long period, formal amatory unions, conjugal, elective and indissoluble, between two members of the same sex were made in Europe, publicly recognised and consecrated in churches through Christian ritual." Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe (UK title; The Marriage of Likeness: Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe) is a historical study written by American historian John Boswell and first published by Villard Books in 1994. Then a professor at Yale University, Boswell was a specialist on homosexuality