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Italian fashion designer Guccio Gucci founded his eponymous clothing brand in 1920. He originally focused largely on leather accessories.
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Retired L.A. Lakers star Kobe Bryant can speak Italian and Spanish.
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At the 2017 Academy Awards, "Zootopia" walked away with the award for Best Animated Feature Film.
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Twinkies were originally placed inside the Millenium Time Capsule in 1992 but were later removed to avoid attracting mice.
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Phobophobia is the technical name for a fear of fear and anxiety.
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Mars was named after the Roman god of war.
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Martha Stewart's first book Entertaining was published on Dec. 13, 1982 while she worked as the head of a catering company.
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The first James Bond movie "Dr. No" was released in the U.S. in 1963.
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The moon is roughly 238,855 miles away from Earth.
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Japan's largest island is Honshu.
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The NBA introduced the Most Improved Player award in the 1985-1986 season. San Antonio Spurs guard Alvin Robertson was the first recipient.
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Walt Disney was born on Dec. 5, 1901.
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There are 28 fireplaces in the White House.
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Marshall Mathers, aka rapper Eminem, grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri, before moving to Detroit, Michigan.
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Day26 was the last group to stem from Diddy's run on the music reality series "Making the Band."
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Nathan's Famous held its first Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in 1916.
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Calvin Coolidge is the only U.S. president to be born on the 4th of July.
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NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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The Titanic sank in 1912.
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Scurvy - the infamous disease that afflicted seafarers for centuries - is caused by a lack of vitamin C in one's diet.
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