Fact, snippets of useless information and all of that kind of thing makes up most of what’s in my brain – so I thought I would infect the general interweb with al of this and see what fact I can trawl for you!
Enjoy!
Did you know…
It’s only possible to fold a piece of paper in half seven times – regardless of the size. I’ve tied this with big and small and normally I get to six. The piece of paper must be intact and uncut… no cheating.
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23 thoughts on “Did you Know… You can only fold a piece of paper in half seven times?”
Actually that’s incorrect, though it’s a popular myth. Mythbusters managed to fold a large piece of paper more than seven times, so did the program Don’t Ask Me in the 1970s (I think they managed nine folds).
That’s interesting… I’ll have to look that up as from what I know this is generally accepted to be true… I like it when someone tells me I could be wrong đ
I remember the first time I heard that. Tried it. True. Tried again with a bigger piece of paper. Still true. Tried with a 3rd piece…bigger again. Still true! đ
Yes! I’ve been trying for 65 years to get to eight, even cheating with foil, which folds flatter.
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Can’t you do it with foil either?
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Nope! But you can make a real mean pellet for a catapult. đ
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Haha fantastic đ
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70 going on 9, that’s me đ
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I like it! đ
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Actually that’s incorrect, though it’s a popular myth. Mythbusters managed to fold a large piece of paper more than seven times, so did the program Don’t Ask Me in the 1970s (I think they managed nine folds).
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That’s interesting… I’ll have to look that up as from what I know this is generally accepted to be true… I like it when someone tells me I could be wrong đ
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I’m going to get some paper!lol
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Let me know what happens đ
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It was right! Or I had the right type of paper, lol
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It seems to be right unless you have an insanely large sheet of paper… apparently.
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Unless I did it wrong, lol
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I don’t think you did… it seems to hold up
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I re-did it, now I’ve only gotten 6. I must have counted it twice somewhere, lol
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I remember the first time I heard that. Tried it. True. Tried again with a bigger piece of paper. Still true. Tried with a 3rd piece…bigger again. Still true! đ
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It does seem to be true, although mythbusters did it with an insane sized piece of paper and managed to blow it away.
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Ha, yes, I knew that… yay. But still, it is an interesting fact.
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I know I like it too đ
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Runs to get paper……. Let me try this out!
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How did you get on?
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6 every time
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