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Why does the combination of the letter B and a bracket result in a Blues Brother smiley?

How are we supposed to type a B followed by a bracket without getting that? B)
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M Best Comment
It has nothing to do with this site actually. There are many duplicates of that as well.

It's part of the UNCODE standard. Here are a whole bunch of character combinations that you need to be careful of.

B) B )
X) X )
:b : b
:o : o
:p : p
:x : x
:* : *
:? : ?
:@ : @
:# : #
:$ : $
:& : &
:( : (
:) : )
:\ : |
:| : |
:[ : [
:] : ]
:{ : {
;( ; (
;) ; (
;] ; ]
:D : D
:L : L
:O : O
:P : P
:S : S
:X : X

:-) : -)
^_^ ^ _^
8-) 8 -)
B-) B -)
:-D : -D
;-) ; -)
:-* : -*
:-P : -P
:-| : -|
:-[ : -[
:-( : -(
:'( : '(
>.< > .<
:-O : -O letter O
*\0/* * \0/* number 0
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@Callmyname I have been around for a few decades on the net. 😁

Thanks for the BA! 😊
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