the heart symbol is about as ubiquitous as it comes. But have you ever wondered why the ️ looks the way it does, considering it’s almost nothing like what an anatomically correct heart ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- From boxes of chocolates to three dozen emojis, it's an iconic symbol of love: the heart. So Rod from New Brighton wanted to know: How did the heart symbol take shape?

The heart sign has entered the Oxford English Dictionary as the first graphical symbol to signify a word in the reference work's 127-year history. The symbol is among 45,437 new words and meanings ...

"But it really is 19th, 20th century, it becomes the standardized shape, and that is related particularly to Valentine cards," Kemp said. To this day, the heart-shaped symbol hasn't skipped a beat.

How to show a heart — the universal symbol of love — has shifted on the internet over the years, driven by new technology. By Sheera Frenkel Sheera Frenkel, who reports on social media from ...