National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day and Chicken Soup for the Soul Day in USA
National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day and Chicken Soup for the Soul Day in USA is held on November 12. This event in the second decade of the month November is annual. 
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Ancient Romans made fermented fish parts into a paste called “garum” and they were also among the first toppings on pizza when its modern iteration was invented in Naples in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Why did people stop putting anchovies on pizza? Pizza started to click with non-Italians in the 1910s, and then pizzerias started catering to other palates. These people did not grow up eating salty little fishes on their pizzas, and so anchovies became less popular, until they weren't popular at all. Ham, and even Italian sausage, just made more sense.
As for chicken soup for the soul, the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series of over 275 titles has sold more than 110 million copies in the U.S. and Canada. Chicken Soup for the Soul books have been translated into 43 languages, have been published in over 100 countries, and have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide. The authors called it Chicken Soup for the Soul because they wanted it to soothe and provide comfort, just like their grandmothers' cooking.
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