Tandybaum@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoI made a 20x queen size sheeti.imgur.comimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down131
arrow-up1183arrow-down1imageI made a 20x queen size sheeti.imgur.comTandybaum@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarecanthidium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 months 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-up11·9 months 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.