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Did you know?
- Italian pasta is renowned worldwide and there are more than 200 different shapes.
- Pizza: was invented in Napoli around 1860
- Pizza is surely one of the most famous exports and in Italy it is usually baked in a wood-fired oven and very thin, but loaded with fresh vegetables or thinly sliced ham, salami, artichokes or olives.
- Alessandro Volta, was the pioneer who studied in electricity, hence the name “Volt” describing a unit of electricity.
- Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist and artist who was the first to prove the world is round and not flat.
- The Italian explorers Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci discovered the Americas while Marco Polo explored the East.
- The Italian soccer league is followed by many Italians abroad too: Inter, Milan, Roma, Napoli and Juventus are just some of the Italian soccer teams which are favored by Italians.
- Italians love sports. Cycling, Skiing, Soccer and Motor Racing are just some of the sports Italians have very strong interest in and good teams of sportsmen and women.
- Most young people learn to speak English, French or German at school in Italy.
- Italy is easy to recognize on any world map, as the country is shaped like a high-heeled boot.
