Explain liquid helium at absolute zero exactly zero

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The element helium is thouhght to remain a liquid at absolute zero. (Solid helium can be made only by exerting a pressure of about 26 atm on a liquid sample.) Is the entropy of liquid helium at absolute zero exactly zero? Why or why not?

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