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TIL that it is still technically illegal to be a communist or support communism in the U.S.

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PY5Bn TIL that when King William IV of the United Kingdom was still a prince, he lived in New York during the American War of Independence. He used to walk around the city unescorted and only started using guards after the British learned about a plot by George Washington to kidnap him.
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