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Four identical pixelated star-shaped icons with blue text reading 'born to be brilliant' and '2+2=5', displayed in a on black background

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Four identical pixelated star-shaped icons with blue text reading 'born to be brilliant' and '2+2=5', displayed in a on black background

Four identical pixelated star-shaped icons with blue text reading 'born to be brilliant' and '2+2=5', displayed in a on black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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  • star

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  • born to be
  • brilliant
  • 2+2=5

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080106175246165118446
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/15/151e12669fd2519967e10746a9ff15b955c79e20d02094c3d72788cf18cca4d7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
151e12669fd25199
SHA-256
151e12669fd2519967e10746a9ff15b955c79e20d02094c3d72788cf18cca4d7
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20080106175246165118446
Archive entry
20080106175246165118446.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080106175246165118446.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080106175246165118446.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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