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One red paperclip is a website created by Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald, who traded his way from a single red paperclip to a house in a series of fourteen online trades over the course of a year. [1] MacDonald was inspired by the childhood game Bigger, Better. His site received a considerable amount of notice for tracking the transactions.
Operation Paperclip. Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 59.
If anyone has any questions, just ask Kyle. Yep, it's pretty tacky to "discuss" your own wikipedia page, but for real. If you have any questions or comments about one red paperclip, please email me at oneredpaperclip@gmail.com, and I'll be happy to give you the honest goods about the whole trading deal, usually with press references to back ...
Giant paper clip erected in 1989 in Sandvika, Norway, to honor Vaaler's invention. This 23-foot-tall (7 m) clip is the Gem, not the one patented by Vaaler. Johan Vaaler (March 15, 1866 – March 14, 1910) was a Norwegian inventor and patent clerk. [1] He has often erroneously been identified as the inventor of the common paper clip.
Donna on Demand is a 2009 direct-to-video dark comedy film written, directed, co-produced by, and starring Corbin Bernsen. The film was released on DVD on September 15, 2009. It takes place in Los Angeles, California. It is most notable for being the subject of the final two trades made by Kyle MacDonald in his attempt to turn one red paperclip ...
Genre (s) Incremental. Universal Paperclips is a 2017 American incremental game created by Frank Lantz of New York University. The user plays the role of an AI programmed to produce paperclips. Initially the user clicks on a button to create a single paperclip at a time; as other options quickly open up, the user can sell paperclips to create ...
The regimental insignia for the Ordnance Corps is a gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches in height overall consisting of two gray antique cannons in saltire on a white disc behind an encircling scroll in the form of a buckle red belt with, between the intersecting cannons and the belt, a black antique bomb, its scarlet flames issuing ...
One red paperclip: A man's small piece of metal turns out to be worth more than expected. Parking chair: Using household objects to reserve parking spaces. Pigeon photography: Pigeons were used by the Germans for aerial surveillance in World War I, and apparently also in World War II. Not to forget the CIA's own pigeon camera.