
In honor of National Pizza Day, we’re cutting a slice of FactSlaps, mozzarella edition:
- 350 slices of pizza are eaten each second in the U.S.

- The first pizza is thought to be invented in Naples during the early 1500s.

- The first documented pizzeria in the world was open in Port’Alba in Naples, Italy during the late 1800s.

- The first pizzeria in America was Lombardi’s in New York City in 1905.

- About 13 percent of Americans eat pizza on any given day.

- Consumption of pizza has increased American’s consumption of cheese by 41 percent since 1995.

- The first known documentation of the word “pizza” is from 997 A.D.

- The world record for the largest pizza is 122 feet, 8 inches in diameter.

- Common pizza toppings in Japan include squid and mayo.

- ‘Happy’ Pizza in Cambodia is cooked with marijuana.

- In Scotland, deep-fried pizza is a common choice.

- NASA funded & tested a 3D printer that can make pizza for astronauts.

- One 18-inch pizza gives you more pizza than two 12-inch pizzas.
