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TIL that the iconic "eagle scream" we all know is actually the redtailed hawk's cry

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Eg1eW TIL in the 1980s South Africa attempted to block whites from viewing TV based in a nominally independent black homeland.
v1Y07 TIL actor Rob Riggle was a Marine for 23 years, was a lieutenant colonel, and has received a combat award for his service in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Liberia.
WKK4 TIL Oscar Z Acosta, better known as Hunter S Thompson’s attorney in Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, vanished while traveling Mexico in 1974. No traces of him have ever been found.
wLdY6 TIL In 1930, a lawyer tried to leave $50,000 in trust to build a Womanless library. “No Woman Admitted” signs were to be posted at each entrance and no works by women were to be allowed on the premises. His family successfully challenged his will after his death, and the plans were scrapped.
Wkwv8 TIL A psychology study of more than 4,000 millionaires found that people with more wealth are indeed happier with life. They also found that people who earned their wealth were happier than those who inherited it.