MENACE, the Matchbox Educable Noughts And Crosses Engine, is a fancy name for a machine that plays Tic-Tac-Toe. The concept ... successes and failures. Each box corresponds to one of 304 different ...

And in a different page of Tic Tac’s site, the company admits the name was inspired by the sound of the little capsules ...

Tic Tac spearmint mix box with green mints, labeled as under 2 calories per mint and artificially flavored WHAT HAPPENED: Hard to believe, right? But it's true — they've been gone for a few years.