title: Understanding JavaScript originalEvent
body: <p>Can someone help me understand the use of <code>originalEvent</code> in JavaScript? I really can't find a good source of documentation about it. </p>
  
  <p>Google results led me to discussion sites that were too complicated to understand for a newbie.</p>
  
  <p>I recently had a question in SO, and a guy answered it by adding this line of code </p>
  
  <pre><code>$("#url").bind('paste', function(e) {
      var val = e.originalEvent.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
   ....
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to my existing code, which worked btw. </p>
  
  <p>I would greatly appreciate if someone can help me understand the use of it.</p>