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Happy Father's Day Weekend! Have Some Fun Facts!

Five Things You Need To Know for Friday, June 18, 2021

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1. The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910.

2. Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, is credited with starting Father’s Day after hearing a sermon on Mother’s Day while attending church with her father.


3. Based on his height and the weight of marshmallows, the "Stay Puft Marshmallow Man" from "Ghostbusters" would weigh about 3.87 million pounds. Or about 2,000 tons.

4. From 2011 through 2012, China produced more cement than the U.S. did throughout the entire 20th century.

5. The company that makes Swiss army knives is Victorinox. They've been in business since 1884 . . . and they've never laid off an employee.

Five Things You Need To Know for Friday, June 18, 2021