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TIL frozen helium is a solid that behaves like a superfluid

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DyLg TIL that comic book characters come back to life after dying so often that they are aware of the likely resurrections. Professor X said “in mutant heaven there are no pearly gates, but instead revolving doors.” After one X-Man died, his daughter refused to mourn him because he’d be alive again.
oW5R TIL that Pokémon provide scholarship money to top finishers in their American and world championship leagues.
KYLwJ TIL that in 1518, a "dancing plague" broke out in Strasbourg, where hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for days, with some dancing until they collapsed or died from exhaustion.
MQ70 TIL that in 1993 a “toxic lady” (who had been ingesting large amount of Dimethyl Sulfoxide) in Riverside, CA caused doctors and nurses to become severely ill when they were exposed to her body and blood.
6VG8 TIL there is a new category of obesity above morbidly obese called super obese