- Rome is further North than New York City. New York City is about the same latitude as Naples Italy
- In Rome and Naples, it only snows briefly once every several years while in New York snow is very frequent in the Winter
- Pizza was "invented" in Naples around 1860s
- Pizza is one of the very few words which is understood all over the world
- Italy is slightly larger than Arizona.
- Almost 20% of Italy's population is over 65 years old.
- Italy borders Austria, France, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
- Its longest border is with Switzerland.
- The average Italian family has 1.27 children.
- Everybody 18 and over can vote, however you have to be at least 25 to vote in Senate elections.
- The Italian flag is inspired by the French flag introduced during Napoleon's 1797 invasion of the peninsula.
- The average Italian makes $26,700 a year, however those in the more prosperous north make almost $40,000.
- The thermometer is an Italian invention.
- Italy's unemployment rate is around 8.6%, but it is as high as 20% in the more impoverished south.
- Italian farms produce grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives, beef, and dairy.
- The name of Electricity measurement Volt comes from Alessandro Volta who invented the first battery in 1779
- The average life expectancy at birth for an Italian is 79.54 years.
- The famous children's story, Pinocchio , was written by an Italian.
- The city of Naples gave birth to the pizza.
Pizza margherita whit mozzarella, tomato and basil
- The piano hails from Italy.
- The longest river in Italy is the Po.
- The average Italian consumes half a pound of bread a day.
- Italy's contributions to science include the barometer, electric battery, nitroglycerin, and wireless telegraphy.
- Famous Italian explorers include Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, John Cabot, and Amerigo Vespucci.
- Today's modern Italian language originated in the region of Tuscany.
- Enrico Fermi, inventor of the nuclear reactor, was an Italian.
- The automobile is one of Italy's greatest products. In addition to the Fiat brand, Fiat owns the Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Chrysler brands.
- "Volt" is named for Alessandro Volta, a pioneer in the study of electricity
- With almost 40 million visitors, Italy is the fourth most visited country in the world.
- Italy is home to two microstates, San Marino and Vatican City .
- Besides Julius Caesar, Shakespeare also set in Italy ( entirely or partially): Romeo and Juliet, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Cymbeline,Much Ado About Nothing, Othello,The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona,The Winter's Tale
