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October is National Pizza Month! Gerry Durnell, owner of Pizza Today magazine, started the observation in 1984, and people all around the country celebrate by enjoying their favorite pies. We never needed a reason to celebrate pizza, however. Americans eat 350 slices of pizza per second for a total of 3 billion pizzas – 46 slices per person – sold each year.

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40 Things You Didn’t Know About Pizza

1. 350 slices are eaten each second in the U.S.
2. Pizza Hut sells 2,500,000 pizzas during the Super Bowl.
3. Pizza originated in Naples, Italy in the early 1500s.
4. The world’s first documented pizzeria opened in Port’Alba in Naples, Italy in the Late 1800s.
5. America’s first pizzeria was Lombardi’s in New York City.
6. Pizza wasn’t popular in America until after WWII.
7. About 13% of Americans eat pizza on any given day.
8. One in six males age 2-39 eat pizza for breakfast, lunch or dinner on any given day.
9. Since 1995, pizza consumption has increased American’s cheese consumption by 41%.
10. A typical daily pizza serving accounts for more than half of our lycopene consumption.
11. The first known documentation of the word ‘pizza’ is from 997 A.D.
12. The world record for the largest pizza is 122 feet, 8 inches in diameter.
13. The average price of a pizza slice in NYC usually matches the price of an MTA subway ride.
14. Common pizza toppings in Japan include squid and mayo.
15. In Cambodia, “happy” pizza is cooked with marijuana.
16. In Scotland, deep-fried pizza is a common choice.
17. NASA funded and tested a 3D printer that can make pizza for astronauts.
18. One 18-inch pizza gives you more pizza than two 12-inch pizzas.
19. 251.7 million pounds of pepperoni are consumed every year in the U.S. just from pizza.
20. 14 billion pounds of pepperoni consumed around the world were from Pizza Hut.
21. Annual U.S. pizza sales total $38 billion.
22. Each year, 3 billion pizzas are sold in the U.S. alone.
23. 61% of Americans prefer thin crust pizza.
24. There are 9,000 pizzerias in New York State.
25. 93% of Americans have at least one slice of pizza per month.
26. There is a 35 percent rise in pizza delivery sales on Super Bowl Sunday.
27. The average slice of pizza is 25% protein.
28. There are approximately 70,000 pizzerias across the U.S.
29. Most Americans prefer “meat lovers” pizza.
30. The average American eats over 23 pounds of pizza a year.
31. Most people eat pizza on Saturday nights.
32. Consuming tomato sauce can help boost the immune system.
33. Pizza Hut is America’s top-selling pizza chain restaurant.
34. Mozzarella cheese makes up for about 80% of cheese production in the U.S.
35. There are more than 34 million ways to create a pizza from Domino’s.
36. Domino’s World’s Fastest Pizza Maker, Dennis Tran, can make three large pizzas in just 34.36 seconds.
37. Domino’s Pizza delivers more than 1 Million pizzas daily worldwide.
38. Pizzas in Italy were originally square-shaped.
39. Eggs are a common pizza topping in Australia.
40. Pizza Can Actually Be Healthy!