The first digital smiley
emoticon was auctioned in the US to the highest bidder for $237,500 dollar, the auction house Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas announced.
The computer scientist Dr. Scott Fahlman from the University of Pittsburgh first suggested the combination of characters “:-)” for use in this context on September 19, 1982 – it is now considered by many to be the forefather of the digital smiley.
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