Letter of Deletion. A letter of deletion is sent to debt collection agencies or credit bureaus to request that incorrect or misleading information be removed from your credit report. This could include false information, such as a debt that never existed, or outdated information such as a debt that has now been paid.
Chopsticks It's commonly known that the Chinese invented chopsticks (or kuaizi in Chinese) as a set of instruments to be used when eating but the reason behind that is not commonly known. Actually, the Chinese were taught to use chopsticks long before spoons and forks were invented in Europe (the knife is older, not as an instrument for dining but as weapon). Chopsticks were strongly advocated by the great Chinese philosopher Confucius (551-479BC).
In the US, patents for sporks and proto-sporks have been issued. A combined spoon, fork, and knife closely resembling the modern spork was invented by Samuel W. Francis and issued U.S. Patent 147,119 in February 1874. Other early patents predating the modern spork include U.S. Patent 904,553, for a cutting spoon, granted on November 24, 1908 to Harry L. McCoy and U.S. Patent 1,044,869, for a spoon with a tined edge, granted to Frank Emmenegger in November 1912.