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GMan | 12:42 Tue 06th Mar 2001 | How it Works
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Why is it that no matter how big the piece of paper you start off with, you can only fold it in half and in half again a maximum of seven times?
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I think it's to do with the number of layers of paper -- that is, you fold a piece of paper in half and you have 2 layers, fold it again you get 4, and so on. By the time you have fodled it seven times, that's 128 layers of paper -- which would be like trying to fold a small book in half! (I have heard it's possible to fold paper up to nine times -- 512 layers -- phew!)
10:59 Thu 08th Mar 2001
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I've just tried it and Gman's right .... amazing!
12:32 Thu 08th Mar 2001

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