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40. The show the The Wonder Years aired from 1988–1993 and covered the years 1968–1973. Today, in 2014, if one were to make a similar show, it would cover the years 1994–1999.

Which would be My So Called Life with internet.
 
I just proved #60 wrong. :embarrassed:

I question the folding paper in half thing. it doesn't specify the size of the sheet.... and I think there's a limit to the number of times you can fold a sheet of paper, they even did it on mythbusters with a huge sheet and a crane.
 
I question the folding paper in half thing. it doesn't specify the size of the sheet.... and I think there's a limit to the number of times you can fold a sheet of paper, they even did it on mythbusters with a huge sheet and a crane.

Yeah, I was having trouble with that one too.

I'm not going to test it though.
 
I found it on youtube. They took a sheet of paper the size of a football field and folded it in half 11 times. The resulting stack of paper was about 2 feet thick.
 
Someone explain #64 to me.

EDIT: Nevermind.

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Yeah, I was having trouble with that one too.

I'm not going to test it though.

I found a couple references to it. It's a math problem using exponentialism of the layers going 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128. 256. 512, 1024, 2048, 4098, etc. mathmatically that works out to thickness of paper x number of layers = distance to moon. Unfortunately, you'd need that many molecules worth of paper to create those stacks, which don't exist, so it's just an interesting math problem.
0-1=0.1 x 10**-6
1-2=0.2 x 10**-6
2-4=0.4 x 10**-6
3-8=0.8 x 10**-6finger nail thickness
4-16=1.6 x 10**-6
5-32=3.2 x 10**-6
6-64=6.4 x 10**-6
7-128=12.8 x 10**-6thickness of a notebook
8-256=25.6 x 10**-6
9-512=51.2 x 10**-6
10-1024=0.1 x 10**-3width of a hand (incl. thumb)
11-2048=0.2 x 10**-3
12-4096=0.4 x 10**-30.4m height of a stool
13-8192=0.8 x 10**-3
14-16384=1.6 x 10**-31.6m: an average person's height (yeah, a short guy)
15-32768=3.3 x 10**-3
16-65536=6.6 x 10**-3
17-131072=13.1 x 10**-313m height of a two story house
18-262144=26.2 x 10**-3
19-524288=52.4 x 10**-3
20-1048576=104.9 x 10**-3quarter of the Sears tower (440m)
...............
25-33554432=3.4 x 10**0past the Matterhorn
30-1073741824=107.4 x 10**0outer limits of the atmosphere
35-34359738368=3.4 x 10**3
40-1099511627776=109.9 x 10**3
45-35184372088832=3.5 x 10**6
50-1125899906842624=112.5 x 10**6~ distance to the sun (95 million miles)
55-36028797018963968=3.6 x 10**9
60-1152921504606846976=115.3 x 10**9size of the solar system?
65-36893488147419103232=3.7 x 10**12one-third of a light year
70-1180591620717411303424=118.1 x 10**1211 light years
75-37778931862957161709568=3.8 x 10**15377 light years
80-1208925819614629174706176=120.9 x 10**1512,000 light years
85-38685626227668133590597632=3.9 x 10**184x the diameter of our galaxy
 
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I like this one

9. Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia.

I can believe it, we saw lots of them there.

We were told they used camels to build a railroad, and when it was finished they just turned them loose. Turns out they loved it there and were fruitful and multiplied.
 
I'm sure its true I heard the same thing about the railroad. I find it funny that some you would associated with Saudi Arabia they get from Australia though
 
I found a couple references to it. It's a math problem using exponentialism of the layers going 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128. 256. 512, 1024, 2048, 4098, etc

Easier to just play 2048....

Still trying to make it to 4096!
 
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