National Pizza Day! Event Cache

February 9th is National Pizza Day! To celebrate, come join your fellow geocachers for some Chicago-style deep-dish pizza.

Here are some interesting facts about pizza:*

• Pepperoni is the most popular pizza at 36% of all pies ordered.
• Over 3 billion pizzas are sold in the USA each year.  Add another 1 billion on frozen pizzas
• 17% of all US Restaurants are pizzerias.
•  Antica Pizzeria, the first Pizzeria, opened in Naples, Italy, in 1738.
•  Gennaro Lombardi, the first Pizzeria in the United States, opened in 1895 in New York City.
• Americans consume on average 23 pounds of pizza per person each year.

* https://nationaldaycalendar.com/