If you're a millennial, you may be less-than-optimistic about collecting Social Security someday. Social Security's Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, which handles retirement and survivor benefits, is scheduled to run dry in 2033, according to the latest trustee's report. Meanwhile, millennials -- generally defined as the generation born between 1981 and 1996 -- are about two decades away from collecting their first Social Security retirement checks.

Surprisingly, though, the picture isn't entirely grim. Here are four things millennials should know about their future Social Security.

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