Americans eat 46 slices of pizza per year (that’s 23 pounds annually). We eat 100 acres per day and 350 slices per second! That’s a whole lot of pizza. In 1889 a pizza maker from Naples named Raffaele Esposito, who some consider the father of modern pizza, created a pie to match the colors of the Italian flag for Queen Margherita. It was topped with cheese, tomato and basil. The most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000. October is national Pizza month. There's a mathematical theorem named after pizza. Anchovies are the least favorite pizza topping in America.

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The lycopene in pizza sauce is an antioxidant that lowers the risk of cancer. Regular pizza eaters have 34% less risk of oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer, 59% less risk of esophageal cancer, and 25% less risk of colon cancer. About 350 slices of pizza are consumed every second in the US. Pepperoni is America's favorite pizza topping. New York City was home to the first pizzeria in the US. The largest pizza is 122’ 8” inches in diameter.