The word "doughnut" first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1782 but by the early 1800s, "donut" became widely used. Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A Lexington, Ky., police officer poses, jokingly, in front of a charred Krispy Kreme truck Monday. Courtesy of the Lexington Police Department hide caption
A view from the starting line of the sixth annual Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh, N.C., in 2010. The local children's health clinic takes its name from this annual charity race, which draws about 8,000 participants each year. Courtesy of Dustin Bates hide caption
Krispy Kreme and Dunkin' Donuts have pledged to source palm oil from suppliers who are not clear-cutting rain forests. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
The cover of the Salvation Army's War Cry magazine from 1918 commemorates the "Doughnut Girl." Wikimedia Commons hide caption