A 15-year-old invented Braille

Braille is a set of tactile symbols designed for reading that’s used all over the world by blind and visually impaired people; letters and symbols are represented by different configurations of a grid of six raised dots. One could easily assume that such a widely accepted system was drafted by someone with a wealth of experience, but inventor and namesake Louis Braille was just 15 years old a...

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