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Sources:

[Truth or Fail]

[Fact Off]

Ruffed grouse sonic boom

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVfiIp3QGs4

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruffed_Grouse/sounds

https://www.nps.gov/articles/netn-species-spotlight-ruffed-grouse.htm

https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/bird-sound-barrier

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-016-DFRC.html

Meta-mirror

https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/meta-mirror

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/du-rs030719.php

[Ask the Science Couch]

Underwater waves

https://news.mit.edu/2013/the-oceans-hidden-waves-show-their-power-0108

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14399#affil-auth

https://research.cornell.edu/research/understanding-formation-underwater-waves

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0025322791900445

https://www.hydro-international.com/content/article/mysterious-underwater-waves

[Butt One More Thing]

Toilet waves

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27377/why-does-toilet-water-move-when-its-windy-outside

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