a small town on the Olympic peninsula in Washington state in the USA, it is most commonly known as the setting of the worldwide bestselling "Twilight" series written by Stephenie Meyer.
This point of the world has a lot of precipitation.

Forks is the plural term for 'FORK' and The word fork is derived from the Latin furca, meaning "pitchfork". It is a myth that the table fork was introduced to the West during the Middle Ages, as the Greeks used forks for serving. 1 The fork, as an apparent serving utensil, is also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the Book of I Samuel 2:13 ("The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand...").

Before the fork was introduced, Westerners were reliant on the spoon and knife as the only eating utensils. Thus, people would largely eat food with their hands, calling for a common spoon when required. Members of the aristocracy would sometimes be accustomed to manners considered more proper and hold two knives at meals and use them both to cut and transfer food to the mouth, using the spoon for soups and broth.

The earliest forks usually had only two tines, but those with numerous tines caught on quickly. The tines on these implements were straight, meaning the fork could only be used for spearing food and not for scooping it. The fork allowed meat to be easily held in place while being cut. The fork also allowed one to spike a piece of meat and shake off any undesired excess of sauce or liquid before consuming it. First introduced to Western Europe in the 10th century by Theophanu, Byzantine w...

The most magical place on earth.

One's parents or guardians. Derived from a Midwestern corruption of the word "folks", which is used colloquially to refer to one's parents.