GIGGLE EPIPHANY

The first “lol” was carved into a stone tablet and immediately misunderstood.

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"LOL" is internet slang that spread in the 1980s and 1990s online. Ancient stone tablets did not carry it, though ancient writers did record jokes and humor.

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