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Xierox
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 Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 2:24 pm Post subject: Trivia! Cha cha cha! |
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Here's three trivia questions to keep you up at night! No using the Internet to find these out! 
What is the maximum times a piece of paper can be folded using only your hands?
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What is Barbie's (the doll Barbie) full name?
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What are those little plastic things on the end of shoelaces called?
Answer these and you get a fabulous "honorable mention."
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RuthEmilyZ
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| Can we use anything but the Internet to look them up?
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Xierox
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:02 pm Post subject: Sure. |
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Sure, anything but the internet.
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Xierox
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 10:31 am Post subject: Answers. |
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I thought I'd post the answers since you're all probably dying of curiousity. 
The most times a piece of paper can be folded by hand is six.
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Barbie's full name is: Barbara Millicent Roberts
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Those little plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
- James
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Van
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Okay...I want to know how many other people saw that, went, "nah-uh, I can fold it more'n six times", and then actually tried it, only to find it quite true.
*sheepish grin*
In other words...I do solemnly testify to the answer of number one.
Van
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Xierox
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 10:59 pm Post subject: lol |
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lol. Don't worry. I tried it also. Many times.... 
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| Just use a really big piece of paper and you can fold it more than six times....what?
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DHall
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| Emerson wrote: | | Just use a really big piece of paper and you can fold it more than six times....what? |
NO! It is not about the size of the paper but the thickness. Each time you fold it it becomes twice as thick as the previous. So by the time you have folded it 6 times it is 2x2x2x2x2x2=64 thicker than it was at the start.
I don't know what ordinary thickness paper is but by the time it is 64 times thicker you'll have a job folding it.
Thinner paper can be done 7 times I think.
...and if you could fold it 50 times it would be over 1000000 miles thick.
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