Emoticons Were Invented in 1881

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When was the first emoticon created? 1881, apparently, in Puck Magazine.H/T to Brain Pickings and to 100 Diagrams That Changed the World, that is on its way to me from Amazon right now. 

Puck Newspaper from 1881 showing emoticons
 
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