Cherish the Spork
Created on: January 25th, 2007
There are many false rumors about the origin of the spork and the word spork.
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According to a rumor circulated in the "Spork FAQ", the spork was invented in the 1940s by the United States Army, which introduced them to occupied Japan. This rumor has all the hallmarks of an urban legend. Virtually every reference to the occupied Japan theory misspells General Douglas MacArthur's name as McArthur, lending credence to the notion that all these references have a common origin.
Another popular Internet rumor describes the spork as the creation of a nameless resource-pressed and inventive German scientist near the end of World War II. Supposedly, the spork was designed for use with field ration kits issued to front line troops. No known historical documents validate this urban legend, but it is clearly wrong. Both the word spork and the utensil predate the war.
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