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I made a 20x queen size sheet (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 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.