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• Twinkies have been featured in major movies, including "Ghostbusters," "Grease," and "Sleepless in Seattle."

• In the TV series "All In The Family," Edith put a Twinkie in Archie's lunchbox each day.

• In 1999, President Clinton and the White House Millennium Council selected the Twinkie to be included in the nation's Millennium Time Capsule, representing "an object of enduring American symbolism."

• Chicago consumes more Twinkies per capita than any other city in the US.

• It takes 10 minutes to bake a Twinkie.

• Interstate Baking Corp. bakeries can produce 1,000 Twinkies in a minute.

• When Twinkies were first introduced, the price was two for a nickel. In 1951, a package of two cost 10 cents; in 1966, 12 cents. Today, the price ranges from two for 99 cents to two for $1.29.