The Department of Energy watched 'Stranger Things' on Netflix, and it wants you to know these 5 things

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If you've seen Netflix's hit show "Stranger Things," then you know the entire series revolves around a mysterious government facility deep in the woods of a quiet Indiana town called Hawkins.

The Department of Energy (DOE), as the show's characters say over and over again, runs Hawkins National Laboratory (HNL).

And while the Energy Department is very much real, often secretive, and absolutely performing mind-bending science experiments, the Duffer Brothers drew up a lot of fiction surrounding the $29.7 billion-a-year wing of the US government.

Paul Lester, a DOE public affairs employee, watched every episode and had a lot to say about it in an official blog post.

"[W]hile I really enjoyed 'Stranger Things' as a mashup of Goonies and X-Files with some amazing 80s music mixed in, the show's portrayal of the Energy Department was a little less than accurate," Lester wrote at Energy.gov.

Here are five things about "Stranger Things" the DOE wants to clear up.