How much pizza do YOU eat?
Pizza facts from Pizza.com:
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There are 69,000 pizzerias in America and they produce 3 billion pizzas every year.
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While only 64 percent of Americans voted in the last presidential election, 94 percent of Americans eat pizza.
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93 percent of Americans have eaten pizza in the last month.
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Pizza accounts for more than 10 percent of all food service sales.
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Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza a day or about 350 slices per second.
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Each person in America eats about 46 pizza slices a year.
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Kids ages 3 to 11 prefer pizza over all other food groups for lunch and dinner.
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Americans eat an average of 23 pounds of pizza every year – compared to 17 pounds of apples every year.
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Pepperoni is America's favorite topping, accounting for 36% of all orders.
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Women are more than twice as likely to order vegetable toppings on their pizza than guys.
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Saturday night is the most popular night to eat pizza.
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Pizza deliverers claim women are better tippers.
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36% of people consider pizza the perfect breakfast.
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The Japanese put squid and mayonnaise on their pizzas. Costa Ricans put coconut on theirs. In India they like pickled ginger, mutton and tofu on their pies.
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The world's largest pizza was about the size of an Olympic swimming pool.
