Back in 1963, Worcester resident and commercial artist Harvey Ball invented the smiley face. In 1999, Ball created World Smile Day to encourage kindness and combat the over-commercialization of ...

But that painted smile has recently been wiped off its rock face. For decades, some version of a smiley face, or an encouragement to smile, or both, was painted on the edge of a rock outcropping.

Here's what 22 of the most commonly-encountered face emoji mean. 1. Smiling Face With Open Mouth Emoji 😀 Also known as: Smiley Face, Happy Face, "OMG My Braces Are Finally Off" Face.

In Slack’s emoji menu, there are two versions of basic smiley faces. As shown above, there is :slightly_smiling_face: and :simple_smile:. At first glance, it might appear that the first offers a ...

"The smiling robotic face covered with dermis equivalent demonstrating actuation of the dermis equivalent via the perforation-type anchors." Credit: Takeuchi et al.