'Super Girls' invade D.C. for White House Science Fair

This was the second time the Girl Scouts visited Obama.
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Colin Daileda
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The Super Girl Scout troop was back in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday for the White House Science Fair, one year after they first made an appearance at the annual event and stole President Barack Obama's heart.

The scouts are hard to miss with their identical red capes, and it wasn't long before people took notice.


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They found a fan in one of Obama's senior advisors.

And another in Bill Nye.

The girls became famous in 2015 when they showed the president a Lego machine that turned the pages of a book to help people who suffer from arthritis or paralysis.

Obama seemed impressed, and asked whether its speed could be adjusted. 

One of the girls told him it was "just a prototype." There's no word if she scowled and flew off into the night shortly after.

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Colin is Mashable's US & World Reporter. He previously interned at Foreign Policy magazine and The American Prospect. Colin is a graduate from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. When he's not at Mashable, you can most likely find him eating or playing some kind of sport.

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