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TIL Soviet scientists in the 1960s claimed to discover a new form of water that boiled higher and froze lower than normal. It sparked Cold War fears of a "polywater gap" with the USSR, triggered a...
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Original Title: TIL Soviet scientists in the 1960s claimed to discover a new form of water that boiled higher and froze lower than normal. It sparked Cold War fears of a "polywater gap" with the USSR, triggered a global scientific panic, and was confirmed in 1973 to be nothing but ordinary contaminated water.

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