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As a lifelong pizza-lover, this list of pizza facts and stats was a pleasure to work on. Here are 10 things I didn’t know about pizza until now. Hopefully there are a few factoids in here that are new to you as well.

Enjoy everyone!

Pizza Facts and Stats

First documentation of the word “pizza”:

The top pizza sale day in the US:

Percentage of Americans that have eaten pizza in the past month:

Amount of pizza Americans eat per second:

Amount of pizza Americans eat per person, per year:

Number of pizzas sold globally each year:

Largest pizza ever made:

Biggest Pizza distributor in the US:

Record for the most pizzas eaten in 10 minutes:

Restaurant with the most expensive pizza currently available: