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TIL the CEO of Goldman Sachs is a DJ under the name "DJ D-Sol"

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18lW TIL, Kim Cattrall, while filming Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country, posed for photos on the Enterprise bridge wearing nothing but Vulcan ears. Fearing harm to the franchise, Leonard Nimoy had the photos destroyed.
oB958 TIL that the modern shipping container's invention is owed to Malcom McLean, a former truck driver who saw a need to ship goods in a more innovative way. By taking a truck trailer's box and inventing a system revolved around getting it from port-to-port, the shipping container was born.
M7EV7 TIL One of the early Spanish explorers of the American Southwest met a man who they called "the Turk", who told them stories of rich lands to the east. He would later reveal that he made it up to draw them away from Pueblo civilizations so they would die of starvation in the plains.
8pPb TIL 11 of the 12 men who have walked on the moon were Boy Scouts.
W7LX9 TIL (from u/farminghills) that you can find all the images taken from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, sorted by camera