In 2002, Britney Gallivan, then a junior in high school in Pomona, California, folded a single piece of paper in half 12 times. She currently holds the Guinness World Record (opens in new tab) for the ...

That myth that you can't fold paper in half more than seven times? Turns out it's true(ish). The man behind the Hydraulic Press Channel decided to test that theory by folding an A3 piece of paper ...

There’s an urban legend that a piece of paper can’t be folded in half more than eight times, as one fold makes it double in thickness, a process called exponential growth, according to IFLScience.