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Marvels of Scientific Invention ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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