The Internet emoticon : - ) was born today , 26 year ago . You can find the story of its invention , along with a bunch of other internet related creation dates here . Just look under 9/19/82 . The noseless variety seems to be more popular today and of course there are all kinds of variations .

Question with options to choose from: How did the emoticon come into existence ?
Choices:
[1]. Someone found it at this link .;
[2]. Someone wrote the story of its invention .;
[3]. Someone carried it to term and gave birth .;
[4]. Someone included it in online written material .;
[4].