Love sending emojis to express yourself? You can thank Shigetaka Kurita, a Japanese engineer, for that! In 1999, he created the first set of 176 emojis while working for NTT DoCoMo, a Japanese mobile carrier. From smiley faces to thumbs up, these tiny icons have come a long way and are now a universal language of their own.
The Evolution of Emoji
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