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💬 Dads, stepdads, grandads, and all who filled that role—we salute you.

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How did Father’s Day begin? 👔

It started with a grieving daughter.

In 1910, Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, wanted to honour her dad—a Civil War veteran who raised six kids alone.

She asked her church to hold a special service for fathers… and it grew from there.

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In the 1940s, Father’s Day got a strange boost—from retailers.

Trade groups like the Father’s Day Council pushed it hard, claiming it would “strengthen family bonds.”

By the 1950s, it was more widely accepted—but still not a federal holiday.

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Finally, in 1972, President Richard Nixon signed it into law.

62 years after Dodd’s first celebration, Father’s Day became a national holiday in the U.S.—held each year on the third Sunday of June.

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In June 1950, a man appeared in the middle of 5th Avenue in NYC—confused, startled… and dressed like he stepped out of the 19th century.

Witnesses say he was hit by a car moments later and died on the spot.🧵

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So is it a myth that just feels true?

Probably.
But the Rudolph Fentz mystery still circulates because it scratches that irresistible itch:

What if time travel really happened—and we just missed it?

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According to old reports, that man had left his house for an evening walk…
…and never returned.

The address matched. The age matched. The facial features from an old photo matched.

The case file? Still marked unsolved.

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At the morgue, things got weirder.

His clothes were from the 1870s.
In his pockets were:
•A letter dated 1876
•$70 in old bills
•Business cards for a company that hadn’t existed in decades
•A token for a horse-drawn carriage