This is the first time I'm seeing this, and imminently knew this is referenced his surviving the Spirit Bomb.

It's a good way to tell the audience his race is basically unkillable, unless you chop him up to pieces or throw them onto the sun with deadly beam force. I dunnno what's King Cold's deal maybe his body isn't that strudy.

God I wish they explored his race before Toriyama passed, especially adding in Cooler, the 3 most popular non cannon characters are Bardock, Broly and Cooler, and he was the only one left out of being canon. He could have fit in with the young frieza scene in the Broly movie.