(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER) COLE: This just in: Twinkies float in Mountain Dew. AUBREY: We'll see in a moment if it actually disintegrates. Meanwhile, ideas for other experiments poured in. At what ...

At the George Stevens Academy in Maine, for example, there's a Twinkie that's been around since a science teacher started an observational experiment in 1976. That Twinkie currently resides in the ...

It all began with an impromptu science experiment in 1976. — -- A 40-year-old Twinkie in Blue Hill, Maine, seems to have weathered the past few decades quite well. Perhaps a testament to the ...

In a glass box in a private school in Maine sits a 40-year-old chemistry experiment still going strong: A decades-old Twinkie. ABC News reports the experiment started in 1976 when Roger Bennatti ...

BLUEHILL, MAINE (KRQE) – A science class experiment from the 1970’s is ... ‘Well how long would a Twinkie last?’ and my response was, ‘I don’t know,'” said former science teacher ...

While the experiment may not have yielded any results or information about the malformed Twinkie, Kasson shared plenty of close-up photos on Twitter.

Since their introduction in 1930, Twinkies have become a beloved dessert and have had many pop-culture appearances, such as in the film "Ghostbusters." It hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows, though ...

Learn more. BLUE HILL – In a glass box in a private school in Maine sits a 40-year-old chemistry experiment still going strong: A decades-old Twinkie. ABC News reports the experiment started in ...

Of course, we've all heard of people who've kept their Twinkies around for much longer – including a Maine school that's held on to one snack cake for nearly 40 years, part of a very long-running ...

At the George Stevens Academy in Maine, for example, there's a Twinkie that's been around since a science teacher started an observational experiment in 1976. That Twinkie currently resides in the ...