The powerful screech people associate with bald eagles in films and advertising is actually the call of a red-tailed hawk. Bald eagles make much softer, higher-pitched chirping sounds that sound more like gulls. Filmmakers and sound designers have used the hawk's cry for decades because it sounds more dramatic and fierce. The mismatch persists because the hawk's call fits the image of a raptor better than the real eagle's voice.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.