These are the 72 new emojis coming to your phone this month
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If you've long been dreaming of sending your friends a bacon emoji, you're in luck. It, along with 71 other new emojis, is due out later this month.
The new set of emojis will include selfie, face palm, rolling on the floor laughing, sneezing face, dancing man, shark, pancakes, egg, water polo player, fencer, avocado, croissant, glass of whiskey, kiwi, glass of milk, doner kebab, salad, pregnant woman, rhino, clown, drum, and scooter — and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
The new emoji are set to be released in Unicode 9.0 on June 21. However, it might take more time before users can actually download the new emojis to their phones. Talk about the perfect moment for a face palm emoji.
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