The creator of the Twinkie, James A. Dewar died just 25 years ago today. Urban legend has it that Twinkies will stay fresh forever. Or almost. A long shelve life helped to ensure its place in thousands of bomb shelters in the 1960s. And President Bill Clinton famously stuck one in a time capsule. Maybe the only thing more legendary than the Twinkieâs longetivity, is its use as a form of legal defense originally coined after the murder of Gay San Francisco city supervisor, Harvey Milk. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, at the trial of the murderer, Dan White, noted psychiatrist Martin Blinder testified that White had been depressed at the time of the crime, and pointed to several factors indicating White's depression: he had quit his job; he shunned his wife; and although normally clean-cut, he had become slovenly in appearance. Furthermore, White had previously been a fitness fanatic and health food advocate, but had begun consuming junk food like -- you guessed it-- Twinkies and sugar-laden soft drinks like Coca-Cola. Ludicrous as it sounds, the defense actually worked.
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