Nothing says ‘smile!’ like a bunch of eggs laid by a member of the Pentatomidae family of insects. Not all stink bug eggs look like they have faces, but this incident of ‘life imitates emoji’ was too good to pass up today. That’s right, it’s World Emoji Day. Those tiny, cartoonish pictures that often stand in for words and phrases in social media posts and text messages have become a system of communication all their own. But why on July 17? Early on in the (very recent) history of emoji, the calendar emoji displayed July 17. So, when the time came for emoji to get their own day of recognition, this date stood out above all others.
Is there a bug-egg emoji for this?
Today in History
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Brown bears in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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World-class art comes to Arkansas
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It s Mountain Day in Japan
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Make your way up a picturesque passageway of Chefchaouen
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Gemsbok in Namibian sand dunes
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Goodbye, 2020!
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Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
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A wild, craggy corner of the United States
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King of the dinosaurs
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Land of the midnight sun
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A star blows a bubble
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Great horned owl fledglings
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Black History Month
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A misty morning in Brazil
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There’s treasure in them thar hills
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Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
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Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
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Surströmming Day
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Canada s $20 view
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Dusky eagle-owls, Pakistan
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National Take a Hike Day
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Burrowing owls
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The owl that loved football
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Nha Phu Bay, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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Ronda, Spain
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Aqueduct, Arkadia Park, Poland
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Make way for robots
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Visiting a Maratha fortress
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International Day of the World s Indigenous Peoples