• @driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    179 months ago

    I remember this “theorem”(?) about how is impossible to fold a paper sheet more that 6 times and this lady glt herself a gigantic thin sheet and folded it like 8 times. OP, fold that and told us how many folds you get.

    • @canthidium@lemmy.world
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      189 months ago

      Mythbusters debunked this, although they used a football field sized sheet and forklifts, but they were able to fold it 11 times. The myth they tested was 7 times being impossible.

      • @bstix@feddit.dk
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        119 months ago

        Another myth is that because the thickness doubles on every fold that it would reach the moon before you could fold it … X times.

        I’m bored, so I figured it out. A thin piece of office paper (0.05 mm) would need to folded 43 times to reach the moon.

        The world record is 12.

    • @prenatal_confusion
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      19 months ago

      Iirc it was toilet paper. Nice aspect ratio for such shenanigans.