Once indispensable, before everything went digital, the paperclip has really lost a lot of respect.

Time was, everyone had a least few paperclips hanging round and most businesses had boxes and boxes of them in their supply closets. Open up a desk from the 80's and 90's and you would find dozens of paperclips of various sizes.

It used to be that paperclips held paper documents together when you did not want to staple them and wanted to be able to pull them apart easily.

While computers have in large part rendered the paperclip that “item you realize you need when you realize you do not have any,” paperclips still can play a major role in your everyday and survival existence.

The amazing hacks in the video on the next page should convince you that paperclips can still serve a lot of everyday and survival purposes.

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