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Braille began as a military system for reading in the dark
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The revolutionary tactile reading system for the blind started as a completely failed military stealth project. Napoleon demanded a way for soldiers to read messages in the dark without lighting a lantern and exposing their position. The resulting 'night writing' was far too complicated for clueless soldiers, but a bright teenager named Louis Braille simplified the dots, completely changing the world.
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