While the globe waits to pick up theultimate fate of Hostessand its flagship snack food for thought , this solitary Twinkie sat quietly in its case , perhaps mulling over its 36 years of unwrapped existence . Behold the miracle of chemical preservatives .
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In 1976 , Roger Bennatti , a science teacher at Maine ’s George Stevens Academy , asked his educatee how long he thought a Twinkie would last . He took a Twinkie left over from a students dejeuner and placed it on a ledge next to his desk . As it turned out , the Twinkie go longer at the shoal than Bennatti did ; after the Twinkie turned 28 , Bennatti retired . He place the ancient Twinkie in a glass box and gifted it to one of his former students , then the schoolhouse ’s dean of students .
In that time , the Twinkie has not acquired wrinkles , start to sag , or mature tomentum ( or mold ) in unearthly place . Of course , unless they regain a person brave enough to eat it , we ’ll never really know if the Twinkie passes the discernment examination of metre .
Photo from George Stevens Academy spokesperson Liffey Thorpe forWCVB .
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