Friends, the national holiday we’ve all been awaiting is finally here. It’s National Donut Day.\u00a0 Celebrated on the first Friday in June, National Donut Day celebrates the awesomeness of the fried dough creation. Learn more about the yummy creation with these fun facts about donuts (and where you can get free donuts today) below.<\/p>\n

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* Doughnut vs. donut: The now-accepted spelling of “donut” did not overtake the more traditional “doughnut” until Dunkin Donuts stores dotted the nation a few decades ago, according to Grammarist<\/a>. One-third of Americans use “donut,” with most preferring “doughnut.”<\/p>\n

* The largest donut ever made<\/a> was a 1.7 ton American-style jelly donut measuring 16 feet in diameter and 16 inches high in the center.<\/p>\n

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*<\/strong> In the U.S., more than 10 billion donuts are made every year. Entenmann\u2019s alone produces more than 780 million donuts a year at its bakeries in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and Montebello, California. That is the equivalent of more than 100,000 donuts every hour.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> “National Doughnut Day” (the original spelling) began on the first Friday in June in 1938 <\/a>as a fund raiser for The Sa<\/a>lv<\/a>a<\/a>t<\/a>ion <\/a>Army<\/a>. In 1917, Salvation Army female volunteers known as \u201classies\u201d prepared thousands of fresh donuts to the homesick soldiers that served in France during World War I.\u00a0 You can learn more in this video:<\/p>\n