2. The word Pizza first appeared in 997 A.D. :
The term pizza appeared in a Latin text from the southern Italian
town of Gaeta in 997 AD. The text read that a tenant of a certain
property had to give the bishop of Gaeta “duodecim pizze,” or
twelve pizzas, every Christmas day, and another twelve on Easter
Sunday.
Hence came the word “Pizza”, but Pizza then was nothing similar to
the Pizza now.
DID YOU KNOW?
3. Is that October is the National Pizza Month, which is celebrated by
people by visiting various Pizza serving joints or Pizzerias.
The Pizza Month was first designated in October 1987 by Gerry
Durnell, who was also the founder of Pizza Today Magazine.
ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT PIZZA
4. Yes, you heard that right! There is a movie based on Pizza which is
called Pizza Man and it was released in 2011.The film stars Frankie
Muniz as a pizza delivery guy who acquires super powers from
eating a genetically modified tomato.
A MOVIE ON PIZZA
5. The outer edge of the Pizza is called cornicione (say "cor-nee-cho-
nay"), which means the cornice or the molding. No, it isn’t called
the crust; that’s the name for the base that the toppings are added
to.
ALSO, DID YOU KNOW?
6. • There’s an expo for pizza which is in Las Vegas.
• There is a mathematical theorem for Pizza, known as the Pizza
Theorem, interesting fact, right?
• Tomatoes weren’t always a crucial component in Pizza toppings.
• In Italy Pizzas are served as one whole the smallish Neapolitan
ones, for example are cut into squares or rectangles from a large
tray, called pizza al taglio. The large, round pies you find in New
York are an American invention.
MORE FACTS
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