You may notice the first half of these instructions are similar to the instructions for a working nuclear fusion device. After the first few dozen steps, be sure to press down firmly and fold quickly to overcome fusion pressure.

https://explainxkcd.com/3033/

  • Courant d'air 🍃
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    494 days ago

    Fun fact: if you do that 42 times, the piece of paper will be so thick it will reach the moon

    • palordrolap
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      324 days ago

      At some point the thickness of the stack will exceed both the width and breadth of the “faces” of the paper, at which point you seriously have to consider in which dimension the folds should continue.

      • @Poach
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        164 days ago

        What kind of upside down ass country/region uses apostrophes for thousands separator?

      • @[email protected]
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        94 days ago

        1mm thick is no longer in the realm if paper but into some form of heavy cardboard. That said, even at .05mm, its still a pretty think wad when folded up.

    • themeatbridge
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      124 days ago

      I love this fact so much, because it always blows your mind.