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TIL that Rupert Murdoch, famously known for being CEO of NewsCorp, is still alive

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GAxY1 TIL that NATO dubs India's Brahmos missile the "Widowmaker" for its formidable, nearly unstoppable nature.
OJXY TIL that PEPSI spent several hundred million dollars to slightly change their logo in 2008. The branding agency prepared a 27-page document to prove that this logo is the Da Vinci Code of branding, drawing on everything from magnetic fields to the “Golden Ratio”
LkEKZ TIL in 1845 a severely depressed dog tried to commit suicide by jumping into a river and refusing to make any attempt to escape (which goes against natural instincts). Even after being rescued, the dog ran back to the river. Eventually, the dog succeeded and died.