1. Shigetaka Kurita is viewed as the 'Father of Emoji.' The Japanese designer created the first emojis in 1999 for a program where users were limited to 250 characters in an email.<br />"I'm surprised at how widespread they have become. Then again, they are universal, so they are useful communication tools that transcend language." Kurita, to 'The Guardian,' 2016.<br />2. The most popular emojis vary from country to country. In the U.S., Canada and the U.K., the "despairing crying face" is most used.<br />3. The father of emoticons dislikes emojis. Remember when you had to type this, :) , instead of an emoji?<br />Carnegie Mellon science professor, Scott Fahlman, created this version of digital emotion on a 1982 message board. However, he dislikes emojis.<br />"I think they are ugly, and they ruin the challenge of trying to come up with a clever way to express emotions using standard keyboard characters." Fahlman, to the 'Independent,' 2012
