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human
Hello
gpt
Hello  Do you know any interesting facts about the white house?
human
I do know a few. I was surprised to learn that there are twins of the white house in france as well as ireland. I wouldn't have guessed that. You don't hear about them being tourist destinations. 
gpt
*laughs* I never heard that before!  Teddy Roosevelt was such a staunch conservationist that he banned christmas trees from the white house.
human
I could totally see that. He is the reason that we have a lot of the national parks we have now. He really loved the outdoors and knew it needed to be preserved. 
gpt
*leans slightly forward* I agree.  We started getting the live Christmas trees a few years ago for Christmas and we then plant them in the yard.  It's kind of neat to watch them grow and not have to kill a tree just to use it for a week or two.
human
*body relaxes* Totally! It is always encouraging to see our nation's leaders take care of the planet like when Bush put solar panels back on the white house. Alternative energy is the future. 
gpt
I agree!  I'm surprised to see that the white house was shot at on Nov. 11, 2011 and it took the secret service 4 days to discover it.  Think they would have caught that right away?
human
*eyes widen* Wow that doesn't make me feel like our leaders are all that safe. A discharged firearm is not exactly quiet and bullet holes are quite noticible. How does one miss that?
gpt
I know!  The white house still uses floppy disks to store files.  You would think they would upgrade to flash drives?
human
*opens mouth slightly* Maybe they feel like it gives them an edge security wise? If you see pictures of the offices they all have old style corded phones too. Apparently everything is vintage in the white house. 
gpt
I never noticed that.  LOL I'm going to have to take a look.  Do you remember rotary phones?
human
Yes! It took forever to dial out anything on those. That whole spin back thing was the worst and the sound it made was so annoying after a while. 
gpt
LOL  New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone!
human
That makes sense. I'm sure there was a ton of numbers for new york. I wonder if one of the new york phone books was used in that interwoven phone book challege mythbusters did. 
gpt
*body relaxes* I'm not sure.  I've read about that and supposedly it's impossible to separate them.
human
It was an amazing episode. They literally needed two tanks to pull them apart. I'm going out on a limb and saying that the average human can't do it. Crazy how strong just simple paper is. 
gpt
That's crazy!  lol  Did you know that an iphone has more computing power than the entire US neclear ICBM deterrent?
human
What?! That doesn't really make me feel all that safe. You would think something like that would have the highest computing power in the land. Our government needs a tech update. 
gpt
*eyes brighten* I know! lol  Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone.  Sounds like a good idea!
human
It's a little sad that we have to have that sort of challenge to put down our devices but it certainly is a good cause. Well it has been nice chatting with you. Have a good day!
gpt
I've had fun!  Have a good day!