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function Root($scope) {
    // you can't write out the element itself as JSON,
    // because of circular object references,
    // so I'll just write out the inner html.
    $scope.elem = angular.element('div').html();
}
<html ng-app>
    <head></head>
    <body ng-controller="Root">
        <h1>Selector Test</h1>
        <p> elem is: {{elem}}</p>
        
        <div>foo</div>
    </body>
</html>