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Great Inventions and Discoveries ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠞⠕⠝⠎⠆⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠓⠑⠗⠀⠋⠥⠝⠝⠑⠇⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠎⠕⠀⠇⠁⠗⠛⠑⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀
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⠞⠓⠑⠍⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠇⠥⠎⠊⠞⠁⠝⠊⠁⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠁⠉⠉⠕⠍⠍⠕⠙⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀
⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠗⠑⠑⠀⠞⠓⠕⠥⠎⠁⠝⠙⠀⠏⠁⠎⠎⠑⠝⠛⠑⠗⠎⠂⠀⠕⠋⠋⠊⠉⠑⠗⠎⠂
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⠙⠁⠽⠎⠤⠤⠞⠓⠑⠀⠟⠥⠊⠉⠅⠑⠎⠞⠀⠞⠗⠁⠝⠎⠤⠠⠁⠞⠇⠁⠝⠞⠊⠉⠀
⠧⠕⠽⠁⠛⠑⠀⠑⠧⠑⠗⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠲⠀⠠⠎⠓⠑⠀⠍⠕⠧⠑⠎⠀⠞⠓⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓⠀⠞⠓⠑
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⠞⠓⠕⠥⠎⠁⠝⠙⠀⠑⠇⠑⠉⠞⠗⠊⠉⠀⠇⠊⠛⠓⠞⠎⠂⠀⠗⠑⠟⠥⠊⠗⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠺⠕⠀
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