The smiley was nearly invented by Vladimir Nabokov. This Russian-American writer stated how it was important to create special punctuation marks to indicate emotion in writing. Nabokov was the first to propose the smiley as a way to add humour and make the text more lively.
100 Mind-Blowing Propose Facts
Male gentoo and Adelie penguins “propose” to females by giving them a pebble. These are precious because the penguins use them to build their nests, and they can be hard to find along the barren Antarctic shoreline. If the female accepts the pebble, the pair bonds and mates for life.