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.
Steps. 1  1. Hold the paper on the left and right side with both your hands. 2  2. Fold first 1/3 of the right side of the paper or the left side, whichever you think is most comfortable to you. 3  3. Fold the other side on top of the other.  4. Check to see if the folds are 1  equal. 5. Subsequently repeat the previous process of pressing the folds.