The history of Alt+number sequences, and why Alt+9731 sometimes gives you a heart and sometimes a snowman (devblogs.microsoft.com)
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A customer reported that a recent Windows update broke their ability to type a snowman by using Alt+9731. We explained that the update was not at fault; rather, Alt+9731 was never supposed to produce a snowman at all! But the customer insisted that it used to work.

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