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TIL The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004 limits that you may only receive a replacement (US) Social Security Card 3 times in a year, or 10 in your whole life time, if your card was issued after December 17, 2005. Reasonable exemptions can be made

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