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Experimental observation of superfluidity in a microscopic cluster, $M:(^4He)_x$, of a molecule ($M$) and $x$ number of $^4He$ atoms (with $x$ ranging from 1 to many) is qualitatively analyzed. It concludes that: (i) each $^4He$ atom in the…