Social Security is one of those things you probably don't spend a lot of time thinking about until you're close to retirement age. But the more you read up about the program, the better positioned you might be to snag more benefits -- and enjoy more financial freedom during your later years.

Also, the more you learn about Social Security, the less likely you'll be to make an inadvertent error that costs you money down the line -- like these.

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