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SPORK: It's part spoon and part fork... A spork is an unusual dining implement that is part spoon, part fork. Basically, it is a spoon with tines on the end, suitable for using as a fork, while still having a spoon portion. According to my research, the spork was invented in the 1940's. when the US Army occupied Japan after the war. General Mcarthur decreed that the use of chopsticks was uncivilized and the conquered foe should use forks and spoons like the rest of the 'civilized' world. Fearing the Japanese might rise up and retake their country with their forks, he and the US Army invented the 'spork,' which was then introduced into the public schools. The Army, which had taken over all government enterprises and the schools, enforced the use of the 'spork,' and made the use of chopsticks in the schools a punishable offense. In more contemporary times, the spork has obtained the status of an urban legend. Sometime in the 1960's, they started appearing at fast food restaurants, the first being Kentucky Fried Chicken. Later, other chains had sporks, including Taco Bell, and even a few McDonald's stores. 
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