In 1924 the first American president to support Father’s day was President Calvin Coolidge. It wasn’t until the year 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation that resulted in the declaration of the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day.

The slipper gift isn’t the most popular Father’s Day present – it’s actually a tie.

Father’s Day is the fourth most popular card-sending holiday in the U.S.

While the exact date that the word “dad” came into use is unknown, it is estimated that it began around the late fifteenth century. It is believed that it was simply derived from baby talk, as in many languages “dada” or “tata” refers to father.

Father’s Day holds a special place in the heart for single dads, a demographic that is on the rise.

Father seahorses are the only male animals to become pregnant.

A child in America is more likely to live with a pet than with a father.

Arthur Langley made news as being one of the worst fathers in the U.S. after he left his 1-year-old home alone in 2012 so he could go rob houses in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania.

The father with the most children is most likely Ismail Ibn Sharif, an Alaouite sultan who fathered 888 children with hundreds of wives and concubines in the late 17th century.