Pizza Fun Facts

Naples is attributed to the invention of Pizza and was a food initially meant for poor people. It was only after World War II that pizza became popular in countries such as the USA.

Pizza is not only about bread. Read further to know more about it, and discover surprising fun facts about Pizza you didn't know.

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The Hawaiian pizza is prepared using pineapple, bacon, and ham along with other toppings. It was invented in the year 1962.

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A calzone is made using leavened dough and is quite popular in Italy. It is a crescent-shaped folded pizza stuffed using ham and is overbaked.

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A pizzetta is a pizza meant for single-person consumption and is a smaller version of a regular pizza.

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It was in the year 1962 that Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada by Sam Panopoulos. This pizza was created using a good mix of savory and sweet flavors.

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According to various surveys worldwide, people usually prefer thin crust pizza over other types of crusts. Regular crust pizza is the second choice in most surveys.

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Quattro Stagioni has four distinct sections containing different ingredients such as ham, olives, basil, and artichokes representing four different seasons.

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The mayonnaise found in Japan is sweeter than those found in other countries, and the Japanese consider it a normal topping on pizza.

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The outer edge of the dough of a pizza is known as the Cornicione. Cornicione is an Italian word meaning ‘resembles mold.’

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Quattro Stagioni is a pizza that is prepared using tomato sauce and cheese. Olives are the main ingredients of this pizza, along with ham and mushrooms.

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Yuri Usachov, the Russian cosmonaut, was delivered the first pizza in space in 2001 by the Russian space agency.