You can’t fold a piece of A4 paper more than eight times. As the number of layers doubles each time, the paper rapidly gets too thick and too small to fold. The current world paper-folding record belongs to California high school student Britney Gallivan, who in 2002 managed to fold a 1.2km-long piece of tissue paper 12 times.
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Kennedy Space Centre, dubbed Florida’s Space Coast, is the only travel destination with a beach that doubles as a launch pad. Artemis 3 is currently planning a lunar landing mission to put the first woman and person of colour on the moon, with an estimated launch date in 2025.
The average mattress doubles in weight over 10 years due to the accumulation of dust mites and dust mite poop.
Technical degrees are almost useless by the time you graduate. A degree looks good on paper, but in fact, technology is advancing faster than ever. The amount of technical information doubles every two years. So, if you start a four-year degree, then half of what you learn by the time you finish will be obsolete.