Splenic-flexure syndrome is a chronic disorder that may be caused by gas trapped at bends (flexures) in the colon. Crohn's disease, colon cancer, or any disease that causes intestinal obstruction, may also cause abdominal bloating. Internal hernias or adhesions (scar tissue) from surgery may cause bloating or pain.
For many years it was thought that the maximum number of folds that could be achieved was just seven! This was the case until when in 2002 American teenager Britney Gallivan demonstrated that a sheet of paper can be folded 12 times, provided that it is long enough and thin enough.
It is next to impossible to decipher anything shredded into small confetti sized pieces. Since the shredded pieces are so small, you can change the bags of shredded paper less often without it posing a security risk. There is a super cross-cut shredder that will cut a standard letter size paper into over 400 pieces.