Pizzas are enjoyed all over the world by almost everyone. Being one of the most commonly enjoyed dishes, people try to learn how to make different kinds of pizzas every day. One of the interesting points to note about pizzas is though theyre authentically Italian, pizza recipes and toppings are very often localised according to the region theyre made in. There are several bizarre things to know about pizzas, pizza recipes and the people who make them.

The fastest person to ever make pizza, made 14 pizzas in 2 minutes and 35 seconds.

Pizza can even reduce the chance of oesophageal cancer in people. Pizza recipes are useful in so many ways!

Cristian Dumitru from Romania won the world record by eating 200 pounds of pizza. The previous person to break the world record said that the cheese-sauce ratio in the pizza recipes that he ate was too low for him to think of it as pizza.

There was a pizza delivered from South Africa to Australia!

The largest pizza was also made in Johannesburg in South Africa. It was around 37.4 metres in diameter and made using one of the heaviest pizza recipes of all 500 kilograms of flour, 800 kilograms of cheese and 900 kilograms of tomato puree.

Talking about the particularity of pizza recipes the Italians specify the permissible ingredients and processing methods for a pizza to be called a traditional Italian pizza in their country.

In the USA, around 3 million pizzas are sold annually.

The most expensive pizza was made by Domenico Crolla priced at around $ 2700! One of the most extravagant pizza recipes, the toppings included Scottish smoked salmon, venison, edible gold, lobster marinated in cognac, and champagne soaked caviar.

80% of the Italian cheese production in the USA is of mozzarella.

The first pizzeria in the world was called Antica Pizzeria, in Naples opened in 1738.

Popular toppings for pizza recipes in Japan are Squid and Mayo Jaga; in India pickled ginger, minced mutton and tofu; and in Brazil its green peas.

In the 16th century, the Queen of Naples convinced her husband, King Ferdinand IV to allow a pizza recipe (which was then considered to be a peasant dish) to be cooked in the kitchen.

In the USA, October is actually celebrated every year as National Pizza Month.