- You don’t have to go to Italy to learn about it and these Italy fun facts will help fill you in.
Here are a whole bunch of Italy fun facts. What do you want to see me write about next?
Pianos come from Italy. So do thermometers. 
Italy is home to one of only three active volcanoes in Europe.
When it comes to kids, the average Italian family has 1.27 children.
The average Italian makes about $30,000 a year, with weather families making more like $50,000.00 a year. (Wow.)
Tourists throw €1,000,000 into the Trevi fountain every year. This is one of the most expensive Italy fun facts.
The average Italian consumes half a pound of bread a day. Well, this just
jumped to the top of any list about Italy fun facts.
The inventor of the nuclear reactor, Enrico Fermi, was Italian.
Italy’s national dish is pasta.
The Vatican City is the world’s smallest country, at just 1,000 acres.
Italy is the set for 13 of Shakespeare’s 38 plays.
Italy is the fifth most visited country in the world, with almost 40 million visitors per year.
The ice cream cone is also an Italian invention.
The average Italian consumes 26 gallons of wine per year.
Eyeglasses are an Italian invention. See to it that you know this as one of the Italy fun facts.
The average Italian is 41 years old.
Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona.
Italy has 3,000 museums.
Italy is the fifth largest industrial economy.
The area around Venice is the wealthiest region in Europe.
Over 75% of Italy has mountains or hills.
Christopher Columbus was Italian. Did you know this as one of the Italy fun facts?
The average Italian consumes 25 kilograms of pasta a year.
An Italian newspaper first published Pinocchio.
It’s estimated that Rome alone has 300,000 cats. 
A Roman Centurion had 100 men.
In 2011 an Italian cat inherited over €10 million following it’s 94-year old owner, making it the third richest animal in the world.
A Roman Legion totaled 6,000 men.
The Sistine Chapel invites over 20,000 visitors to the chapel every day.
Italy has one of the longest histories in Europe but is also one of Western Europe’s youngest countries. This is because in Roman times, Italy was a single entity.
It’s estimated that Rome alone has 300,000 cats. Wow, how interesting of the Italy fun facts.
The Italian flag is red, green, and white.
98% of Italians are Roman Catholic.
Rome’s nickname is “The Eternal City”
Before Rome became a republic and empire, it had seven kings.
Naples is the largest city in southern Italy.
The Roman Catholic Church is based in Italy. Did you know this Italy fun fact?
Italy has a foreign population of 1.27 million.
Much of Italy used to be Rome.
Italy is home to Europe’s oldest University, the University of Bologna. Founded in 1088 and in continuous operation ever since, it’s the oldest University in the world.
Footballs fans are like a disease. They call them “Tifosi” which means “carriers of Typhus.” Would you live in Italy knowing this Italy fun fact?
Cats are important to Italians. Anyone convicted of killing a cat- owner or stray- faces penalties of €10,000 fine and up to 3 years in prison.
Rome is over 2,000 years old.
Italians are superstitious and believe:
- You’ll receive good fortune if you hear a cat sneeze.
- Dropping olive oil into a bowl of water to check for Malocchio (The Evil Eye)
- Always placing a loaf of bread face up, lest you affront Jesus Chris
- Wearing the Corno amulet (The Devil’s Horn) to ward off curses on mens’ manliness (and The Evil Eye)
- If you’re single, don’t let a broom touch your feet when someone is cleaning the floor. The saying goes “you want to be swept off your feet and get married” so if a broom touches your feet, it means you’ll never be swept off your feet!
More than half of the male population between 25-34 still live at home. What do you think of this Italy fun fact?
Italy has over 1,500 lakes.
Batteries were invented in Italy.
Italy’s flag represents: green for hope, white for faith, and red for charity.
Pizza was invented in Naples.
Italy is the world’s largest wine producer. What a delicious Italy fun fact.
Italians eat salad for dessert. That is to say that often salad is eaten after the
main course as the fiber supposedly aids in digestion.
14 billion espressos are consumed in Italy each year.
Is there anything I forgot? What did you think of each Italy fun fact?
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