This Twinkie is 40 years old and it looks good enough to eat

At Blue Hill, Maine's George Stevens Academy, there lies a Twinkie that was the subject of teacher Roger Bennatti's 1976 science lesson on chemical preservatives and shelf life. Now the immortal snack cake sits in a glass case on the desk of the school's Dean of Students Libby Rosemeier who was a student in the class when the experiment began.

Its really funny that were this wonderful coastal community in Maine, and we have this school of 325 kids that is a gem and were doing great things and kids are going to great colleges, and the thing people know about us is this 40-year-old Twinkie, Rosemeier told ABC News.

Hostess did not respond to ABC News's request for a comment on the miracle of the everlasting golden spongecake with creamy filling.

(via Weird Universe)