Tandybaum@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoI made a 20x queen size sheeti.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down128
arrow-up1152arrow-down1external-linkI made a 20x queen size sheeti.imgur.comTandybaum@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarecanthidium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoMythbusters 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.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoAnother 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.
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.
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.