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TIL: On 5/25/2012, “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski submitted his current information to the Harvard alumni association. Listing his eight life sentences as achievements, his current occupation as prisoner, and his current address as No. 04475-046, US Penitentiary-Max, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, CO 81226.

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