→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/todayifoundoutsubscribe →Why Do Superheroes Wear Their Underwear on the Outside?: http://bit.ly/1Ow7J0K Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from Today I Found Out: Why Toilet Paper is White http://bit.ly/1SE87uL The Salem Witches http://bit.ly/1SE8wxf Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear On The Outside https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Q699A6egU In this video: The paperclip is today a ubiquitous item in offices and homes the world over. So who invented it? One very popular false origin of the paperclip was that it was invented by Norwegian patent office manager, Johan Vaaler. He was even granted patents in Germany and the U.S. for a paperclip of similar design as the Gem style paperclip, which is the most commonly used paperclip today. However, Vaaler’s paperclip came after the Gem paperclip was already popular throughout Europe. His design was slightly different than the Gem paperclip in that it didn’t include the all too critical second loop that makes the Gem style much more functional. His paperclip had the papers inserted by lifting the outer wire slightly and pushing the papers into the clip such that the rest of the clip stood out from the paper at a 90 degree angle, which was necessary because of the lack of the critical second loop to allow the papers to be more or less embedded in the clip flatly. Want the text version? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/09/the-paperclip-was-not-invented-by-johan-vaaler/ Resources/Further Reading: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679740392/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0679740392 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_clip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Vaaler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BI-binders.jpg Image Credit (thank you) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons