Pizza has been a favorite for many people over the years. People often think as pizza being a comfort food because it is bad for you and most comfort foods usually are really bad for you.

Facts about pizza that you probably don’t know. 

• In the United States around 350 slices of pizza is eaten each second
• Pizza wasn’t very popular until after WWII
• The first documentation of the word “pizza” is from 997 C.E.
• The world record for the world’s largest pizza is 122 feet, 8 inches in diameter
• In 2013, Domino’s made DVDs that smelled like pizza
• NASA funded and tested a 3D  printer that can make pizza for astronauts
• 215.7 million pounds of pepperoni are consumed every year in the U.S. just from pizza
• 3 billion pizzas are sold in the U.S. each year
•  October is national pizza month in the United States
• The average American eats more than 23 pounds of pizza per year
• Peyton Manning owned 31 Papa John’s franchises

Resource: https://www.eatthis.com/pizza-facts/

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