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Spork Spork-like utensils, such as the terrapin fork or ice cream fork, have been manufactured since the late 19th century; patents for spork-like designs date back to at least 1874, and the word spork was registered as a trademark in the US and the UK decades later.
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Forked tongue There are appearances of the phrase forked tongue in English literature, either in reference to actual snakes' tongues, or as a metaphor for untruthfulness, such as a sermon by Lancelot Andrewes, who died in 1626: And he hath the art of cleaving.his form of chemical sampling allows these animals to sense non-volatile chemicals, which cannot be detected by simply using the olfactory system. This increased ability to sense chemicals has allowed for heightened abilities to identify prey, recognize kin, choose mates, locate shelters, follow trails, and more.
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- Helen Brown, Auckland New Zealand. According to the very entertaining book Ancient Inventions by Peter James and Nick Thorpe, the fork was probably invented in the Eastern Roman Empire of Byzantium where forks were first used during the 4th century AD. However they didn't catch on in the rest of Europe till the 17th century and there people continued to use their fingers or a knife.
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- 1) Using a pickle fork to remove a Pitman Arm from a Steering Box will pull down hard on the sector shaft, forcing it into the rack block under much greater pressure than it is in normal use. It can also damage the splines on the sector shaft and cause gouging and burrs on the pitman arm.
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Stork Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae. They are the only family in the order Ciconiiformes, which was once much larger and held a number of families.wo species, white and black stork, reach Europe and western temperate Asia, while one species, Oriental stork, reaches temperate areas of eastern Asia, and one species, black-necked stork, is found in Australasia.
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- 1. When cutting, hold the fork in your left hand. Unlike the Continental method, the American style of using a fork adopts more of a pen-like hold. The handle rests against your hand in between your thumb and forefinger, your middle finger and thumb are holding the base, and your index finger rests on top.
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- Heavy duty 3polnt hay fork $150. razor-back 3-oval tine hay fork item description the razor-back hay fork is used for transferring manure, mulch and other loose material. i'm not sure what brand of loader they came off of. Our goa... Details: fork, point, bale, heavy, duty, polnt, call, show, contact, info. $ 150.
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- Smoergasbord smørgåsbord origins From sweden and goes back to 17th.  Century smoer smør; means butter gas; gås means goos.  Bord means table all together it-means a … buffet style ta ble with  multiple hot and cold dishes. Of various foods Was introduced to  Americans At The New york world. fair in 1939
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stork bite definition, stork bite meaning | English dictionary stork bite definition, stork bite meaning | English dictionary. Search also in: Web News Encyclopedia Images. stork. n. 1 any large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae, chiefly of warm regions of the Old World, having very long legs and a long stout pointed bill, and typically having a white-and-black plumage: order Ciconiiformes. 2 sometimes cap a variety of domestic fancy pigeon resembling the fairy swallow. (Old English storc; related to Old High German storah, Old Norse storkr, Old English stearc stiff; from the stiff appearance of its legs; see stark) English Collins Dictionary - English Definition & Thesaurus.
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Translations for forked tongue A forked tongue is a tongue split into two distinct tines at the tip; this is a feature common to many species of reptiles.eptiles smell using the tip of their tongue, and a forked tongue allows them to sense from which direction a smell is coming. Sensing from both sides of the head and following trails based on chemical cues is called tropotaxis.
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History of aspirin Spirea, or meadowsweet, is the German namesake of Spirsäure (salicylic acid), and ultimately aspirin. The name Aspirin was derived from the name of the chemical ASA—Acetylspirsäure in German. Spirsäure (salicylic acid) was named for the meadowsweet plant, Spirea ulmaria, from which it could be derived.
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- The History of the Middle Finger-Fiction! Summary of eRumor:A story that allegedly gives the background of how we came to use the middle finger as a vulgar insult along with the alleged origin of the F-word (we're a family friendly site!) The Truth:Not much needs to be said about this fanciful tale except that it's
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tuning fork tuning fork a device that produces harmonic vibration when its two prongs are struck; used to test hearing and bone conduction.See tuning fork tests.teel or magnesium-alloy instrument roughly resembling a two-pronged fork, the vibrations of the prongs of which, when struck, give a musical tone of restricted bandwidth; used to test hearing and vibratory sensations.
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- Chick-fil-A at American Fork. Fruit cup pioneers, we know. In 2004 Chick-fil-A was the first restaurant chain to add a fruit cup to the menu.
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HISTORY OF THE FORK In England the fork was slow to gain acceptance because it was considered a feminine utensil. The exception was the 'sucket' fork, a utensil used to eat food that might otherwise stain the fingers, such as a silvir forke for grene gynger noted in an inventory taken in 1523 of Lady Hungerfords effects.
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The History of Utensils (Spork Included) Ah, the spork. Our favorite utensil—perfect for scooping up ice cream and spearing pie without dirtying extra cutlery. As its name indicates, the spork is half-spoon, half-fork, and while America was clearly behind on the other cutlery trends, the spork is a true American eating utensil. First mentioned by name in a 1909 supply catalogue, the spork achieved notoriety through another American original—Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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Queen Cutlery Company â Brief History and Knife Reviews Founded by five supervisors who had been fired from the Schatt & Morgan Cutlery Company which had been founded in 1897 in Gowanda, N.Y. when the company purchased the Platts’ factory there, the company moved to Titusville in 1902, bringing men and materials with them to the new factory location where the two companies were in competition for about ...
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fork (2) - Linux man page Under Linux, fork() is implemented using copy-on-write pages, so the only penalty that it incurs is the time and memory required to duplicate the parent's page tables, and to create a unique task structure for the child.
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- The pitchfork got its name from its use in pitching bundles. True pitchforks had two or three tines. Forks with four or more tines were not designed to pitch bundles and, technically speaking, were not pitchforks.They were called simply forks or manure forks.If the tines were spread widely apart, the fork was known as a barley fork or straw fork.n the threshing era, it rained pitchforks, in the sense that every general store carried a full line of them. Thousands were needed. In any harvest season across North America, pitchforks lifted every bundle of wheat or other grain. Pitchforks made a back-breaking job a little easier.
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Bicycle fork A bicycle fork is the part of a bicycle that holds the front wheel. A fork typically consists of two blades which are joined at the top by a fork crown. Above the crown, a steerer tube attaches the fork to the bicycle and the handlebars (via a stem) allowing the user to steer the bicycle.he length of the fork is usually measured parallel to the steerer tube from the bottom of the lower bearing race to the center of the front wheel axle. A 1996 survey of 13 700c road forks found a maximum length of 374.7 mm and a minimum of 363.5 mm. [citation needed].
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Translations for forked tongue A forked tongue is a tongue split into two distinct tines at the tip; this is a feature common to many species of reptiles.Reptiles smell using the tip of their tongue, and a forked tongue allows them to sense from which direction a smell is coming. forked tongue is a tongue split into two distinct tines at the tip; this is a feature common to many species of reptiles.
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Spork A spork is a hybrid form of cutlery taking the form of a spoon-like shallow scoop with two to four fork tines.[1] Spork-like utensils, such as the terrapin fork or ice cream fork,[2] have been manufactured since the late 19th century;[3] patents for spork-like designs date back to at least 1874, and the word spork was registered as a trademark in ...
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Starburst (confectionery) The brand was introduced by Mars in the UK in 1960, named by Peter Phillips (known as Peter Pfeffer at the time) a competition that won him £5, as Opal Fruits. The four original flavors were strawberry, lemon, orange, and lime. Opal Fruits were introduced in the United States in 1967 as M&M's Fruit Chewies and later, in the 1970s, Starburst. Originally, Starburst came in the same flavours as Opal Fruits.
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- stanchion(s) = the male bits on forks. No silly billy,Stanchion = top bit,Slider = bottom* bit. Doesnt matter wether they are a conventional(ie 888) or USD(ie Shiver) fork,the shanchion is the bit which connects the fork to the bike,the slider is the bit that slides up and down in relation to the bike.
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Aspartame: By Far the Most Dangerous Substance Added to Most Foods Today Visit the Mercola Video Library. Aspartame is the technical name for the brand names NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure. It was discovered by accident in 1965 when James Schlatter, a chemist of G.D. Searle Company, was testing an anti-ulcer drug.
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- The hunt for the ancestors of living birds began with a specimen of Archaeopteryx, the first known bird, discovered in the early 1860s. Like birds, it had feathers along its arms and tail, but unlike living birds, it also had teeth and a long bony tail.