World Emoji Day: 13 Mind Boggling Facts About Emojis That We Bet You Didn't Know

Emojis have become such a necessary part of our chats on almost all social media platforms and also offline! But, do you know that there are many interesting facts linked to these yellow cute emotional faces?

So, here are some lesser known facts about them. Check it out and let us know your opinion about it:

#1. Emojis Are A Whole New Language Now!

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The use of emojis has become an entirely new language. In fact, it is considered to be the fastest growing language on a global level.

#2. The Ban Behind The Hashtag Eggplant Emoji Search

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According to Instagram the reason behind the ban of the hashtag eggplant emoji search was that it looked like…well, the south of the males. They thought that this emoji was used for a lot of malicious content violating its guidelines.

Although soon there were many alternatives for the eggplant (wink-wink). One can go with more than one eggplant to use it anyway. It's even better!

#3. Emoji Is An Official Word

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Emoji has been added to the dictionary in the year 2013 then words like selfie, phablet and more.

#4. Face With The Tears Of Joy Is The Most Popular

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According to the emoji tracker, the most used emoji out of the lot is the emoji with tears of joy. On the second place, we have the emoji of heart and third is the face with hearty eyes.

#5. Miley Cirus Has Tattoo Of An Emoji

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This tattoo of a crying cat is on the inner walls of her lower lip. We have no idea why…

#6. Who Created Emojis?

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The man behind the development of emojis is Shigetaka Kurita.

#7. Tired Of Recalling Tricky Passwords?…Use Emojis!

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Yes, if the petition by a British company is accepted, we could actually use emojis in our password. Fun and safe…how about that combination?

#8. Hot Dog Emoji Fuss

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There were petitions in the white house to include the hot dog as an emoji! It was finally introduced in 2015.

#9. Moby Dick Or Emoji Dick

#10. Sex And Emoji

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As per the study conducted by Match.com, it is observed that people who use more emojis have more sex! Seriously.

#11. Emojis Are 155 Years Old!

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The first emoji was a smiling face introduced in 1862. After this in 1960, the funny yellow color was made official for it. And finally in 1990’s the graphical representation of emojis appeared.

#12. Why Is 17th July Celebrated As World Emoji Day?

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This day was chosen to celebrate the World Emoji Day because the Apple launched its calendar emoji in the iPhones on 17th of July.

#13. 69 New Emojis Are Introduced In 2017

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There is many new emojis made and added to the existing list of emojis at all times. Last year there was 72 new emojis added. This is done to give you the access to all kinds of emotions to help you express yourself easily.

Do you wish to have some more emojis in your phone? Then please go ahead and share your ideas with us in the comment section.

And by the way, wish you all a very Happy World Emoji Day!

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