Have you ever wondered why the candy is called life savers when it doesn save lives?
Many people have given you a close answer, but I thought that it might be a good thing to give you verification of what they’re telling you. So, courtesy of Wikipedia, here is the reason they are called Life Savers: Life Savers candy was first created in 1912 by Clarence Arthur Crane, a Garrettsville, Ohio, candymaker and father of the famed poet Hart Crane. Crane was looking for a new “summer candy” to supplement his chocolate business, which slumped in hot weather. Crane developed a line of hard mints but didn’t have the space or machinery to make them. He contracted with a pill manufacturer to press the mints into shape. The pill manufacturer, whose machinery was malfunctioning, found that the pressing process worked much better when the mints were stamped with a hole in the middle. Crane called the new candy “Crane’s Peppermint Life Savers,” because they looked like miniature throwable life preservers. The ring-shaped devices were just beginning to come into use after the Titanic d
