Americans eat 100 acres of pizza a day

Americans eat 100 acres of pizza a day, which is consumed at approximately 350 slices per second. To put it in perspective, that's the same as 100 football fields. That's a lotta pizza!

Now, out of the 93% of Americans who partake in this massive pizza-eating endeavour each month, 36 percent prefer to top their pies with pepperoni, approximately 251,770,000 pounds per year.


So how much pizza do you think you could handle in a week? One of my co-workers is about to find out. Starting tomorrow, January 25, Nicky has been challenged to eat nothing but pizza for 7 days straight. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Nothing else. He has started a blog to track his progress this week. Check it out at supersliceme.blogspot.com. The bet ends on February 1 at a pizza party lunch.


Pizza is not a significant source of vitamins or minerals, and weighs in at about 140 calories per medium cheese slice and contains only around 7 grams of protein (since Nick has opted to only eat plain pizza, and can only drink water, he might want to look into a multi-vitamin).

Think Nick will make it all week? While I have faith in his ability to eat the same thing all week, I have seen other food-related Coyne bets end in pain (you gave it your best JP!).

Good luck Nick!

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It is possible to eat half a sheet cake in 11 minutes

It is possible to eat half a sheet cake in 11 minutes, but not in 10, as demonstrated by the one and only Joe Perri...



That was the most amazing eating competition I had seen since I watched Kobayashi...take on a Kodiak bear.



According to my sister, it is almost impossible to eat a pita (just one) in one minute.

I smell a challenge...

A sound of 180 decibels will kill your ears

Literally. Sounds of 150 decibels would cause your chest wall to vibrate (maybe turn down the volume). At 160 decibels, your eardrums would break instantly (ouch). A sound of 180 decibels would cause fatal damage to the tissue of your ears (not fun).

A jet engine ranks around 140 decibels, so as long as you don't spend all day with your head next to a 747 you should be spared from this kind of damage. However, frequent exposure to sounds at lower decibels can cause damage to your ears. For a chart of decibel levels, click here.

According to DangerousDecibels.org, 5.2 million 6-19 year olds have hearing loss directly related to noise exposure and more than 30 million Americans are exposed to hazardous sound levels on a regular basis. These sounds include loud music, power tools, heavy machinery, and the sound of Coyne PR winning Midsized Agency of the Year...

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