What is a file named ~ doing on my HD?

I just was looking at my Mac HD in finder and noticed a filed with the name ~. Is this supposed to be there? I opened it in text edit and it looks like code. Should I delete it or is it supposed to be here? What is it?

That isn't necessary to the OS and can be deleted without affecting the OS and probably any installed applications as well.
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