OK, I finally found a website that listed some of the more elusive alt codes that can be used in your Twitter posts. The way I entered the keystrokes were like this - take the top one for example, the Service Mark symbol. I held down my Alt key, and held down my & key (without shift), and entered the number sequence of 8480 on the number keypad, then took my fingers off all the keys, and voila! 

A special thanks to this site where I found them, http://www.mistywindow.com/reference/html-characters.htm

OK, I’m done wasting time on this now… back to work.

There was a # sign in front of all the numbers, but they all converted to the symbol once I saved the post. In order for you to see the number sequence, I removed it. You can always check out the originating page from the link above, but if you follow my keystroke sequence it should all work for you ∟

• Expanded Character Entity List: Miscellaneous Symbols

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    • [ ℠ ] Service Mark [number: &8480]
    • [ ℃ ] Celsius [number: &8451;]
    • [ ℅ ] care of [number: &8453;]
    • [ ℉ ] Fahrenheit [number: &8457;]
    • [ № ] numero symbol - number sign [number: &8470;]
    • [ ℗ ] Sound Recording Copyright [number: &8471;]
    • [ ℞ ] Prescription Take pharmaceutical symbol [number: &8478;]
    • [ Ω ] Ohm [number: &8486;]
    • [ ℧ ] Inverted Ohm [number: &8487;]
    • [ ☀ ] sunshine - sun [ number: &9728;]
    • [ ☁ ] cloudy - cloud [ number: &9729;]
    • [ ☂ ] raining - rain [ number: &9730;]
    • [ ☃ ] snow - snowman [ number: &9731;]
    • [ ☄ ] comet [ number: &9732;]
    • [ ★ ] star solid [ number: &9733;]
    • [ ☆ ] star outline [ number: &9734;]
    • [ ☇ ] lightning [ number: &9735;]
    • [ ☈ ] thunderstorm [ number: &9736;]
    • [ ☉ ] sun [ number: &9737;]
    • [ ☊ ] ascending node [ number: &9738;]
    • [ ☋ ] descending node [ number: &9739;]
    • [ ☌ ] conjunction [ number: &9740;]
    • [ ☍ ] opposition [ number: &9741;]
    • [ ☎ ] phone number - phone service [ number: &9742;]
    • [ ☏ ] phone symbol outline [ number: &9743;]
    • [ ☐ ] check box - ballot box [ number: &9744;]
    • [ ☑ ] ballot box check mark [ number: &9745;]
    • [ ☒ ] ballot box with X [ number: &9746;]
    • [ ☓ ] Saltire - St. Andrew’s Cross [ number: &9747;]
    • [ ☚ ] left-pointing index finger [number: &9754;]
    • [ ☛ ] right-pointing index finger [number: &9755;]
    • [ ☜ ] left-pointing index finger [number: &9756;]
    • [ ☝ ] upwards pointing index finger [number: &9757;]
    • [ ☞ ] right pointing index finger [number: &9758;]
    • [ ☟ ] downwards pointing index finger [number: &9759;]
    • [ ☠ ] skull & crossbones [number: &9760;]
    • [ ☡ ] caution sign [ number: &9761;]
    • [ ☢ ] radioactive sign [number: &9762;]
    • [ ☣ ] biohazard sign [number: &9763;]
    • [ ☤ ] Caduceus or “Kerykeion” [number: &9764;]
    • [ ☥ ] Ankh [number: &9765;]
    • [ ☦ ] Eastern Christian Cross [number: &9766;]
    • [ ☧ ] Chi Rho Cross [number: &9767;]
    • [ ☨ ] Patriarchal Cross [number: &9768;]
    • [ ☩ ] Greek Cross [number: &9769;]
    • [ ☪ ] Crescent Moon & Star [ number: &9770;]
    • [ ☫ ] Farsi symbol [ number: &9771;]
    • [ ☬ ] Adi Shakti [ number: &9772;]
    • [ ☭ ] hammer & sickle [ number: &9773;]
    • [ ☮ ] peace sign [ number: &9774;]
    • [ ☯ ] yin & yang [ number: &9775;]
    • [ ☰ ] trigram Heaven [ number: &9776;]
    • [ ☱ ] trigram Lake [ number: &9777;]
    • [ ☲ ] trigram Fire [ number: &9778;]
    • [ ☳ ] trigram Thunder [ number: &9779;]
    • [ ☴ ] trigram Wind [ number: &9780;]
    • [ ☵ ] trigram Water [ number: &9781;]
    • [ ☶ ] trigram Mountain [ number: &9782;]
    • [ ☷ ] trigram Heaven [ number: &9783;]
    • [ ☸ ] Dharma Wheel [number: &9784;]
    • [ ☹ ] frowning face [number: &9785;]
    • [ ☺ ] smiley face [number: &9786;]
    • [ ☻ ] black smiley face [number: &9787;]
    • [ ☽ ] waxing crescent moon [number: &9789;]
    • [ ☾ ] waning crescent moon [number: &9790;]
    • [ ☿ ] Mercury [number: &9791;]
    • [ ♀ ] Venus - Female symbol [number: &9792;]
    • [ ♁ ] Earth symbol [number: &9793;]
    • [ ♂ ] Mars - Male symbol [number: &9794;]
    • [ ♃ ] Jupiter [number: &9795;]
    • [ ♄ ] Saturn [number: &9796;]
    • [ ♅ ] Uranus [number: &9797;]
    • [ ♆ ] Neptune [number: &9798;]
    • [ ♇ ] Pluto [number: &9799;]
    • [ ♈ ] Aries [number: &9800;]
    • [ ♉ ] Taurus [number: &9801;]
    • [ ♊ ] Gemini [number: &9802;]
    • [ ♋ ] Cancer [number: &9803;]
    • [ ♌ ] Leo [number: &9804;]
    • [ ♍ ] Virgo [number: &9805;]
    • [ ♎ ] Libra [number: &9806;]
    • [ ♏ ] Scorpio [number: &9807;]
    • [ ♐ ] Sagittarius [number: &9808;]
    • [ ♑ ] Capricorn [number: &9809;]
    • [ ♒ ] Aquarius [number: &9810;]
    • [ ♓ ] Pisces [number: &9811;]
    • [ ♔ ] White King [number: &9812;]
    • [ ♕ ] White Queen [number: &9813;]
    • [ ♖ ] White Rook [number: &9814;]
    • [ ♗ ] White Bishop [number: &9815;]
    • [ ♘ ] White Knight [number: &9816;]
    • [ ♙ ] White Pawn [number: &9817;]
    • [ ♚ ] Black King [number: &9818;]
    • [ ♛ ] Black Queen [number: &9819;]
    • [ ♜ ] Black Rook [number: &9820;]
    • [ ♝ ] Black Bishop [number: &9821;]
    • [ ♞ ] Black Knight [number: &9822;]
    • [ ♟ ] Black Pawn [number: &9823;]
    • [ ♠ ] black spade suit [name: ♠] [number: &9824;]
    • [ ♡ ] red heart suit [number: &9825;]
    • [ ♢ ] red diamond suit [number: &9826;]
    • [ ♣ ] black club suit = shamrock [name: ♣] [number: &9827;]
    • [ ♤ ] red spade suit [number: &9828;]
    • [ ♥ ] black heart suit = valentine [name: ♥] [number: &9829;]
    • [ ♦ ] black diamond suit [name: ♦] [number: &9830;]
    • [ ♧ ] red club suit [number: &9831;]
    • [ ♨ ] hot springs [number: &9832;]
    • [ ♩ ] musical quarter note [number: &9833;]
    • [ ♪ ] musical eighth note [number: &9834;]
    • [ ♫ ] musical single bar note [number: &9835;]
    • [ ♬ ] musical double bar note [number: &9836;]
    • [ ♭ ] flat note [number: &9837;]
    • [ ♮ ] natural note [number: &9838;]
    • [ ♯ ] sharp note [number: &9839;]
    • [ ✁ ] cut above [number: &9985;]
    • [ ✂ ] cut here [number: &9986;]
    • [ ✃ ] cut below [number: &9987;]
    • [ ✄ ] scissors [number: &9988;]
    • [ ✆ ] public pay phone [number: &9990;]
    • [ ✇ ] film reel - tape spool [number: &9991;]
    • [ ✈ ] airport jet airplane [number: &9992;]
    • [ ✉ ] envelope mail email [number: &9993;]
    • [ ✌ ] victory sign [number: &9996;]
    • [ ✍ ] signature - sign here [number: &9997;]
    • [ ✎ ] pencil diagonal down [number: &9998;]
    • [ ✏ ] pencil [number: &9999;]
    • [ ✐ ] pencil diagonal up [number: &1000;]
    • [ ✓ ] check mark [number: &10003;]
    • [ ✔ ] heavy check mark [number: &10004;]
    • [ ✕ ] multiplication sign X [number: &100005;]
    • [ ✖ ] heavy multiplication sign X [number: &10006;]
    • [ ✗ ] ballot X [number: &10007;]
    • [ ✘ ] heavy ballot X [number: &10008;]
    • [ ✝ ] Latin Roman Cross [number: &10013;]
    • [ ✞ ] Latin Cross 3D shadow [number: &10014;]
    • [ ✟ ] Latin Cross outline [number: &10015;]
    • [ ✠ ] Maltese Cross [number: &10016;]
    • [ ✡ ] Star of David [number: &10017;]
    • [ ❛ ] quotation mark single turned comma [number: &10075;]
    • [ ❜ ] quotation mark single comma [number: &10076;]
    • [ ❝ ] quotation mark double turned comma [number: &10077;]
    • [ ❞ ] quotation mark double comma [number: &10078;]
  • ~

Ever wonder how people type those little symbols in their Twitter posts? My pal Sherman Hu pointed me in the right direction. Thanks Sherm!

A special thanks to this website, where I was able to find what I needed: http://www.alt-codes.net/

How To Use Alt Code Characters

1. Make sure that you switch on the Number Lock on your keyboard.
2. Hold down the ALT key (left alt key).
3. And type the number of which alt code you want to get.

Example 1

For example the decimal alt code of heart is 3
Press and hold the ALT key and type 3 then you will get ♥

Example 2

For example the decimal alt code of one half is 171
Press and hold the ALT key and type 171 then you will get ½

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http://www.commoncraft.com/tracking-reactions-web

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