Can You Fold A Piece of Paper More Than 7 Times? | MythBusters

It's the myth every math teacher has smugly dropped on their class at least once — you cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than seven times, it's physically impossible, the geometry simply doesn't allow it — and Kari, Tory and Grant are exactly the kind of people who hear "physically impossible" as a personal challenge, so they start with a standard sheet, run out of folds right on schedule, and then immediately ask the only logical follow-up question: what if the paper was bigger, and then bigger, and then big enough to cover a football field, because if the only thing stopping you is the paper's dimensions, the Build Team is going to find out exactly how much paper it takes to make the math work — it's the least explosive and most unexpectedly gripping experiment in MythBusters history, and the answer is as satisfying as anything they ever blew up. Subscribe so you never miss an experiment:    / @mythbusterstvshow   Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it. #MythBusters #AdamSavage #ScienceExperiments