Have you heard the old rule of thumb that one is not able to fold any piece of paper more than 8 times? I have, and I believed it after I tried it a couple times. According to the historical society of Pomona County, there is one girl who took the challenge seriously enough to prove it wrong. “Britney Gallivan has solved the Paper Folding Problem. This well known challenge was to fold paper in half more than seven or eight times, using paper of any size or shape. In April of 2005 Britney’s accomplishment was mentioned on the prime time CBS television show Numb3rs. The task was commonly known to be impossible. Over the years the problem has been discussed by many people, including mathematicians and has been demonstrated to be impossible on TV.” Thanks to her extra credit project, we now have mathematical proof that it’s possible to fold a piece of paper in half 12 times.