40 years later, Twinkie remains intact at Maine school

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http://bangordailynews.com/2016/06/20/news/hancock/40-years-later-twinkie-remains-intact-at-maine-school/

BLUE HILL, Maine — Twinkies and cockroaches.

Those two things stand out among items that, short of blunt force trauma, are rumored to be invulnerable to the forces of decay and habitat destruction, according to popular folklore.

An ongoing unscientific, four-decade experiment at George Stevens Academy is helping to feed that perception of the confection.

It was in 1976 when then-chemistry teacher Roger Bennatti took a freshly unwrapped Twinkie and, in a spontaneous moment of science education, placed it on top of a chalkboard in his classroom so he and his students could see how long it would take to decompose.

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[csziggy]

1. I thought this was a sequel to "The 40 Year Old Virgin" nt

[sarge43]

2. Twinkies and cockroaches and fruit cake. n/t