10 Mind Blowing Pizza Facts

As we all are aware: pizza is amazing! Because it’s national pizza month, (yes, pizza is that amazing it has the month of October dedicated to it every year) we thought we’d look at some of the craziest pizza facts.

National Pizza Month

October is National Pizza Month! This praise to pizza was created by Gerry Durnell all the way back in October 1984. You know you’re pretty phenomenal if you have a whole month dedicated to you. We suggest that you cash in on all the sweet deals and offers available at Papa Johns.

The First Pizza

Now, this pizza fact might shock you. Pizza did NOT originate from Italy! Greeks and Egyptians came up with the tasty dish, by cooking flatbread, topping it with olive oil and spices. Italy swapped the olive oil for tomato & came up with the modern pizza.

Pizza-Box Pizza

In Brooklyn New York, some genius thought it would be a good idea to make a pizza box – out of pizza. That’s right, instead of a cardboard box, the box is pizza. Pizza in pizza, covered by pizza. Isn’t that just so mouth-wateringly beautiful? Just imagine Papa Johns ‘Sausage & Pepperoni’ in a box made out of the ‘Double Pepperoni’.

Whole Lotta’ Pizza

This little pizza fact might surprise you; the average Brit munches their way through 731 tasty pizzas in their lifetime. To put that into perspective, that’s around 5847 delicious slices. That’s a lot of pizza!

On top of this, mushroom and pepperoni reign supreme for the top-rated toppings. Dig into the delectable ‘The Works Pizza‘ for all your pepperoni and mushroom needs.

Papa Johns World Record for Pizza-Tossing

Here’s a fun pizza fact brought to you by Papa Johns. Papa Johns held the Guinness World Record for the most people tossing pizza dough simultaneously in 2015.

That’s right, 337 pieces of scrumptious Papa Johns dough was being tossed in the air in the Summer of 2015. Have a taste of the Guinness World Record-breaking Papa Johns dough by checking out some of our latest offers and deals.

£9,700 for Pizza?!

We’ll give you a moment to pick your jaw up from the floor. You read that correctly, the most expensive pizza is the Louis XIII from Renato Viola in Italy and comes in at a whopping £9,700.

You’re probably wondering what makes it so expensive? The dough is made from Arabian flour, it features three rare types of caviar, Norwegian lobster and 7 types of cheese.

World War II & Pizza

World War II helped spread the word of the magic of pizza! How was this possible? Well, American troops, during the occupation of Italy, would munch on pizza when rations got low. Once the war was over, the troops took the greatness that is pizza back to the US with them.

A 13,500 Pizza Delivery

Another fun Papa Johns pizza fact coming in hot! Papa Johns is responsible for the largest pizza delivery ever.

How big do you wonder? 13,500 pizzas big!

This extremely large pizza order was delivered to 6,000 hard-working construction workers in San Diego as a reward for completing a two and a half year construction of a Navy dry cargo ship.

You should take this as a lesson: whenever you work hard, congratulate yourself with a yummy Papa Johns pizza!

Pizza Mathematics

Pizza has also Pizza infiltrated the maths scene and we think that’s very cool! There is a mathematical theorem named after pizza, called the ‘pizza theorem’. 

The theorem is named for its resemblance to a conventional method of cutting pizza. It demonstrates that when a pizza is divided into 8 slices (or any number of slices that is a multiple of 4 and more than 8), and two individuals take turns selecting slices, each person will receive an equal portion of the pizza, regardless of where the initial cut is made.