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@LSLGuy

I have a nagging memory that we had a thread back around 2005 or so about a young woman who had recently broken the record for most halving folds in a piece of paper.

Here is the original thread. There have also been several interesting discussions of paper folding since then.

Fold in half 12 times!

I didn’t see this here, but thought people may be interested: Britney Gallivan has solved the Paper Folding Problem. This well known challenge was to fold paper in half more than seven or eight times, using paper of any size or shape. http://pomonahistorical.org/12times.htm