# Happy Birthday :)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/128691>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 20, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/128691 "2002-09-20T00:57:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/128691/1 "2002-09-20T00:57:10Z")

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Twenty years old today…

[http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/09/19/offbeat.smiley.reut/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/09/19/offbeat.smiley.reut/index.html)

and used billions of times.

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**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/128691/2 "2002-09-20T02:37:21Z")

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Aaaannnndddd…the rest is history!🙂 😃 🆒 :eek: