Seriously?

How did I not know this day exsisted? It's seriously National Doughnut Day today. An excuse to eat doughnuts? This is my most favorite day ever!


National Donut Day is celebrated on the first Friday in June. In 1917, Salvation Army female volunteers known as “lassies” prepared thousands of fresh donuts to the homesick soldiers that served in France during World War I. National Donut Day was officially established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to raise much-needed funds during the Great Depression.


Just in case your traveling, and you still want to take part in National Doughnut Day here are some translations for ya:

• Italy = fritole
• Montenegro = ustipci
• Mexico = churrro
• Turkey = lokma
• France = beignet
• Germany = krapfen
• Hungary = langos
• India = balushai
• Netherlands = oliebollen

And to cap it off, some doughnut facts! (I think I want to move to Canada)

• In the U.S. alone, more than 10 billion donuts are made every year.
• The largest donut ever made was an American-style jelly donut weighing 1.7 tons, which was 16 feet in diameter and 16 inches high in the center.
• Per capita, Canada has more donut shops than any other country, and also consumes the most.
  
• The hole in the donut's center appeared in the first half of the 19th Century.
• Adolph Levitt invented the first donut machine in 1920.
• Americans consume 10 billion donuts annually.