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I made a 20x queen size sheet (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (8 children)

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.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I thought it was 7?

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Let me help you out with the math here, its pretty difficult. Basically, "impossible to do more than 6" and "7 is impossible" actually mean the same thing! It's crazy how numbers work 😅😅

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