Italian fashion designer Guccio Gucci founded his eponymous clothing brand in 1920. He originally focused largely on leather accessories.

Retired L.A. Lakers star Kobe Bryant can speak Italian and Spanish.

At the 2017 Academy Awards, "Zootopia" walked away with the award for Best Animated Feature Film.

Twinkies were originally placed inside the Millenium Time Capsule in 1992 but were later removed to avoid attracting mice.

Phobophobia is the technical name for a fear of fear and anxiety.

Mars was named after the Roman god of war.

Martha Stewart's first book Entertaining was published on Dec. 13, 1982 while she worked as the head of a catering company.

The first James Bond movie "Dr. No" was released in the U.S. in 1963.

The moon is roughly 238,855 miles away from Earth.

Japan's largest island is Honshu.

The NBA introduced the Most Improved Player award in the 1985-1986 season. San Antonio Spurs guard Alvin Robertson was the first recipient.

Walt Disney was born on Dec. 5, 1901.

There are 28 fireplaces in the White House.

Marshall Mathers, aka rapper Eminem, grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri, before moving to Detroit, Michigan.

Day26 was the last group to stem from Diddy's run on the music reality series "Making the Band."

Nathan's Famous held its first Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in 1916.

Calvin Coolidge is the only U.S. president to be born on the 4th of July.

NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The Titanic sank in 1912.

Scurvy - the infamous disease that afflicted seafarers for centuries - is caused by a lack of vitamin C in one's diet.