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TIL The Tesseract in the Captain America, Avengers and Thor films is actually the Space Gem, one of 6 Infinity gems in the Marvel Universe, which gives the holder omnipresence. The Aether in Thor 2 is also an Infinity gem, likely the Power Gem, which amplifies all energy

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