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Curiology (EMOJI) Part 2 with Various Emoji Experts

Ologies with Alie Ward

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The History of Smiley Faces

The first ever found simple smiley face dating back to 1700 BC on a chart of pottery found in what's now Turkey. The round smiley faces evolution was near complete until, of course, emojis just took it into a completely different dimension. Why are some obvious emojis missing, like a squirrel or a shovel? But other emojis have duplicates, like a paperclip and two paperclips.

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