In the late 80s, the world 🌎 began turning to our screens 🖥️ as a way to communicate. But we quickly learned 💡 that a lot of meaning is lost 🤔 when your messages 💬 aren't said 🗣️ or received in person 🧍

So we created our own, new language.

Today, we're talking all about the origin of those cute yellow faces: Emoji! 😊

All pictures from the episode can be found HERE 📷

Sources 📖

"Emoji: The Complete History" by Arielle Pardes - WIRED

"Egyptian Hieroglyphs" - Wikipedia

Original Bboard Thread transcripts from Scott Fahlman

"Shigetaka Kurita. Emoji." - MoMA

"The Origin Of The Word 'Emoji'" by Johanna Mayer - Science Friday

"A Very, Very Expensive Emoji" by Lora Kelley - The Atlantic

🍔🍟 This fast food beacon can be found along highways, cities, and on every continent on the globe, minus Antarctica! Today, we're talking about the man ... or men ... behind the TRUE story of the founding of McDonald's.

Good news! Our ice cream machine is NOT down and our fries are FRESH! I hope you're hungry 😋

All pictures from today's episode can be found HERE!

Sources:

Grinding it Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc

"The Tragic Real-Life Story..." by Joel Stice - Mashed

"About Us" - McDonald's

"The Unstoppable Rise of McDonald's..." by Joel Libava

"From Movies to Hamburgers" - Los Angeles Almanac

"Multimixer History" - Sterling Multi Products

"Ray Croc" - Biography.com

Somehow, the international phrase, "A Dingo Ate my Baby" plagued middle school playgrounds in the early 2000s. Paired with a butchered Australian accent, we clearly didn't know what it meant. And that's because actually, we weren't even saying the correct quote to begin with.

Today, we're learning the TRUE quote and the story behind it, when we discuss the disappearance of baby Azaria.

Watch out for wombats, wallabies, and of course, dingoes because we're headed to the Australian Outback! 🦘

All pictures from today's episode and movie can be found HERE!

Sources:

"Through My Eyes" autobiography by Lindy Chamberlain

"Uluru" - Wikipedia

"Azaria Chamberlain inquest" - National Museum Australia

"The Story" - LindyChamberlain.com

"The Australian mother wrongly..." by Myles Burke - BBC

"Dingo" by Sue Burrell & Dr Mark Eldridge - Australian Museum

"Almost half of Australia untouched..." - Reuters

"Outback" - Encyclopedia Britannica