Back in December, Kim Kardashian broke the Internet App Store with her popular "KIMOJI" app, which is exactly what you think it is (a Kardashian-themed emoji keyboard with images of butts ...

Released in 1999 by Japanese phone company NTT DoCoMo, the first emojis were simple 12-pixel-by-12-pixel images that included a smiley face, a snowman, hearts and an old-school cell phone.