There's all sorts of magic to be had with numbers, and many mathematicians have made entire careers in finding these little tricks that are mostly useless, but fun anyway. Unfortunately, a lot of calculators are going to truncate the results of this trick, but if you manage to get a hold of one that doesn't, solving 1/998001 will generate all the three digit numbers from 000 to 999. And in order, no less. If you're a fan of this kind of math fun, solving 1/9801 will generate all the consecutive two digit numbers.

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For 50 years, presidential photographers have covered it all: upheaval, tragedy, joy — often developing friendships with the presidents they serve. Acting as both visual historians and key links between the public and the presidents, for these photographers no day is the same — whether they are aboard Air Force One, backstage at the State of the Union or in the heart of the West Wing.

This is an amazing documentary. You can watch the whole thing free online. I highly suggest it.

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When Animals Wish They Could Attack of the Day: 3-year-old Sofia Walker comes face to resin-bonded glass to face with Malik the lion at New Zealand's Wellington Zoo.

Carnivore manager Paul Horton said Mailk has been known to get "a little bit stroppy," which I imagine is Kiwi talk for "majorly pissed off that he has to spend his entire life trapped in a cage being mocked by little girls."

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Fishing Under Ice, a Short Film Shot Under a Frozen Lake