You might think emoticons a relatively new "Internet" phenomenon, but evidence suggests they could date back to the 19th century -- perhaps even earlier.
The video above -- by Jeremiah Warren and Greyson MacAlpine -- rolls back the printed history of text turned into tiny, sarcastic faces.
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