These True Facts Sound Incredibly Fake

Folding Space

Folding paper doesn't sound very scientific, but there's a lot of physics going on behind the scene. Try folding a piece of paper. How many times can you fold it? Probably seven or eight, but after that, it becomes pretty impossible. Well, did you know that if you were able to fold it 42 times, it would be thick enough to reach the moon? Now that's really out of this world!

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The More You Know

  • Surfaces near the equator move much faster than those in other locations on Earth.
  • T-shirts were originally made for unmarried men who didn't know how to sew buttons on collared shirts.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • Wilt Chamberlain is in the Volleyball Hall of Fame.
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