Have you ever
wondered when those colons and end parenthesis started become the
international symbol of a smile? Or even how and why people of the world
first needed symbols in their text conversations?
Well, the good folks at Mashable decided to make it easy for us by making this short video on the
history of emoticons! From its first appearances in the 1800s to the
now-trending emojis, the video has it all. Have a look below!