On 3/18/2014 1:22 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:50:51 -0500, philo wrote:

Only recently did I learn that the US has (or had) a monopoly on helium
and refused to sell any to Germany.

_National Helium Reserve_ (Federal Helium Reserve)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Helium_Reserve

Alternate uses of helium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofi5XSv_vig

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