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TIL of Roberto P. Hernandez who was jailed for a robbery he did not commit in 1985. The authorities confused him with another man because the two had the same name, birthday, weight, height, brown hair and eyes, and tattoos on their left arms. Only their SSNs differed, and that was only by 1 digit!

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