St. Markers set Paper Folding Record

On December 4, 2011 seventeen St. Mark's students led by St. Mark's mathematics teacher Dr. James Tanton succeeded in setting a new paper folding record of 13 stable folds using just over 10 miles (53,000 feet) of toilet paper and the 3rd floor of MIT's famous Infinite Corridor. The St. Mark's folding team were the guests of MIT's origami club, OrigaMIT. The exercise dramatically demonstrates exponential decay as the 10 miles of paper, after 13 folds, is now about 5 feet long and 2-and-a-half feet high (with 8129 layers).

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[sugarcubebabexoxo]

That kid on the left at 2:52 is a bit too excited about paper.

[BlueHen123]

Notice how most of the MIT kids are Asian? Parents who put education first and kids who obey their parents.

That's one example of immigration making the US a better place.

[Rebecca Ohare]

I got 14 folds with 8 squared sheets of 2 ply toilet roll soooo they didnt set a record o yea

[Dragoncro0wn]

But after some times the paper just becomes semi circles not a fold...

[Gmail .User]

I still don't think that is possible.

[enmedallo]

what a waste of time and paper... but hey, I want to help in the next record! :P

[taker1292]

nah man, it's just virginity prestige 20 Lv 80

[MrEscimoBoy]

SCISSOR ATTACK!

[neogeon]

don't worry, the world's longest shit record is coming soon.

[neogeon]

Yeah, I was always under the impression that the "max number of folds for a sheet a paper" explicitly required an 8.5" x 11" sheet.

[neogeon]

What I took away from this is that Asians have absolutely zero social life. I mean, spending a weekend folding paper has to be one of the last things I would ever want to do.