* Toilet Paper to the Moon: How Many Rolls Would It Take?

* Check pinned comment for correction in math. Though I was a bit off in my estimate, hopefully you can find the idea entertaining
How many rolls of toilet paper would it take to reach the moon? And while we're at it, how much would that all cost? And what would happen to it all when we put it up there? Come find out!
Email me absurd questions: [e-mail]
References:
Great Value TP: www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Valu...
Estimating TP: www.utopiamechanicus.com/artic...
Earth-Moon Distance: www.space.com/18145-how-far-i...
US TP consumption: www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayofl...
US Population: www.census.gov/quickfacts/fac...
L Points: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrang...
L1 Distance: www.ottisoft.com/Activities/La...
Space Laws: www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazin...
Length of football field: hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/...
JFK at Rice: www.nasa.gov/sites/default/fi...

[@zaretya9091]

1:14 This can't be right, each pack is less than a mile so the number of packs must be more than the miles of distance

[@eklectic497]

You're right, I multiplied instead of divided the number of miles per pack. That's quite the thing to get wrong here, because it means: It takes 290 000 packs (3.48 million rolls), which cost $1.98 million and weighs 1 570 000 lbs It would take the average person ~167 thousand years to reach, or the US about 4.5 hours. I apologize to anyone who hoarded toilet paper trying to make this a reality, as you'll be $780k off

[@alfonsoarroyo3283]

@@eklectic497 Years of effort... wasted.

[@PK-we6vk]

@@eklectic497 That mistake could kill someone.

[@ShumailSarim]

@@eklectic497 come back already man!

[@fariesz6786]

@The Jerma985 we have to crowd-fund this shit

[@tnopi2115]

“How many TP does it get to reach the moon?” me at 3AM trying to sleep: well we’ll well then let’s find out

[@obobobaba6809]

3 am English ^

[@ugly7752]

Can relate

[@uhitsoph]

10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

[@thinos6437]

@@uhitsoph I think that.. right

[@clashraider1305]

Same

[@cainen6355]

"How many sheets of toilet paper do you use in a day?" "Where I live, we count in rolls."

[@namonaite]

I was going to say where I live count in metric but then I saw your German and then joke doesn't hit well.

[@daychild_]

Where I live we use water instead-

[@BirbBoiYT]

@@daychild_ i wish the Americas used Bidets, they're much cleaner, quicker, safer, cheaper, etc.

[@ammaralmkki5029]

@ImJustNotFound water is simply just better

[@triplus198]

@ImJustNotFound (not a george stan so shush) and I am confused of you

[@uhh8623]

ahhhhh, that’s why everyone needed that much tp during quarantine..

[@xxkaydenxx3074]

Yeessss it is the reason!😌

[@DapperDan-zx9fu]

@I speak enchantment table talking*

[@Okarabouzouklis]

Wtf is that name

[@authorix614]

@I speak enchantment table It's more like "TALKING TO MY POOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

[@uhh8623]

@@Okarabouzouklis yes my name is conflicting

[@GrimTheDragonLord7]

Actually, I just recently did something similar to this in my chemistry class when learning about how large Avogadro's number was (aka a mole = 6.022 X 10^23). For our assignment we had to choose either counting the weight of a item or the length of an item and comparing that to either the distance to the moon from the earth or how heavy the moon was. The class got to toy around with boundaries a bit and my team picked "How many skittles would it take to reach the moon?" A skittle by itself is like, 14mm in diameter and the moon on google is 238,900 mi away. Plugging all this up into a chart, '14mm = 0.0000086992 mi x 6.022 X 10^23' which was like- '5104969.4871 mi'. This shows how large a mole was BY USING SKITTLES

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

going with the semi-major axis, nice.

[@carbrickscity]

Yet avogadro's number is still very tiny compare to other big numbers. For example googol or googolplex. And of course there are even bigger numbers. And exponential growth could easily take you beyond the moon very soon. A sheet of toilet paper is enough if you could fold it enough times (not even a big number).

[@motazfawzi2504]

"How many rolls of TP to reach the moon?" The amount taken by the average COVID-19 hoarder.

[@crabtank9039]

The question we didn't know we needed answer to

[@thehoopchar9816]

PFFFFT- LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@xxkaydenxx3074]

To be honest this is so true not to offend anyone

[@willemdafriend519]

@@xxkaydenxx3074 who could you be offending?

[@TheEmmasmor]

@@willemdafriend519 Its a gacha kid what did you expect?

[@CeCiLToons]

For some reason I was imagining stacking each toilet paper roll on top of one another instead of making one giant rope out of it all. My brain immediately went to the much more difficult solution it seems lol

[@gabira10]

same lmao, guess i'm just dumb

[@LeotheJapaneseLion9890]

I love your interesting videos, Eklectic. I just discovered your channel yesterday and I find your videos very interesting because they talk about questions no one asks but everyone wants to know their answers anyway. I will subscribe to your channel right now.

[@Lordlaneus]

5 years from now, when this channel has millions of subs, I want it on record that I was one of the first. Great content, keep it up.

[@eklectic497]

Let it be known! You are now officially on record on my about section for all time. Thank you for the kind words

[@zingzing1598]

I’m glad I found this comment

[@realcupojoe]

Me, too! I want to go on record!

[@Oxygen1004]

Let me get my nanosecond of fame

[@zingzing1598]

hope he uploads soon

[@brycejonathan384]

I was blown away by how much the average person uses per day of toilet paper. I know America has a stereotype for eating bad food but like that's a lot of toilet paper everyday. That's almost 20 feet of toilet paper.

[@erich_ika]

keep in mind that this number is an average. all Americans use a normal amount of toilet paper, except for John T. Paper, who is constantly buying toilet paper to build a spacial rocket to de moon.

[@brycejonathan384]

@@erich_ika This is an amazing comment thankyou for giving me this valuable information

[@pleasedisregardthefollowin5568]

They call them women.

[@_-peachybee-_2639]

@@pleasedisregardthefollowin5568 i see, a sexist

[@reapernick2675]

I only use like half per week

[@genesis12259]

So humorous yet logical Nice video, keep it up

[@lesterishere1904]

I actually enjoy these types of video's Im subbing.

[@grayzombielover3941]

This channel answers unnecessary stupid questions That’s exactly what I freaking love Nice video I’m surprised all of that toilet paper would only cost $1.2 million….I was expecting more:/

[@godversesans5152]

Remember that is the less cost possible if its the closest to earth

[@leaffinite3828]

In the pinned comment he explains he messed up the math and its actually almost $2 mil

[@10_98L]

I Neva asked

[@The_GOAT____]

@@leaffinite3828 yeah but everyone who knows math can see that themselves if they watch the video its a really big mistake i dont think anyone could miss that

[@leaffinite3828]

@@The_GOAT____ whats your point, other than subtle bragging

[@user-ks9fv9kl3h]

"The average US citizen uses 57 sheets of toilet paper a day" Me who doesn't even finish 2 rolls a month : Wut

[@caulovebo379]

even i didnt use it for a month sometimes! i used water instead

[@ipsylon9833]

@@caulovebo379 I use like.... 12? 15 tops. "I just peed I need half a roll to clean this" I dont get it

[@zentryii]

😏

[@user-ks9fv9kl3h]

@@caulovebo379 amen i do too. It might sound weird but I'm pretty confident i have a very clean asshole

[@BobIsAwsom]

@@caulovebo379 i spray water when i do crop

[@LOS_90z]

I actually remember watching this about 3-2 years ago and I really liked it and was fascinated for some reason

[@nathanmartinez2204]

I never thought about this but this is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard

[@carbrickscity]

If you could somehow fold the toilet paper enough times (not even a big number), then all you need is just one sheet of toilet paper lol

[@Henrix1998]

I could do the math on this one but I think one molecule thick chain would be easily long enough

[@sethstersbench]

@@Henrix1998 but, then if it didn’t reach the moon by the time we got down to a one molecule strand, it wouldn’t be possible

[@mr.conductor4938]

@@sethstersbench Fold the molecules in half

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

At that point we need to calculate the volume of the paper and how thick the molecules are.

[@lukeomara698]

No one: R/walltreetbets before coronavirus:

[@entertainmentgarbagecompac7409]

Thank you. This video was very useful for me.

[@womahawkgames5083]

Thank you. This was very helpful.

[@christinamorris5742]

What we discuss in class: *what is the volume of the toilet paper roll?* The homework:

[@couldntcareless7884]

It’s easier, I think?

[@richardcheese4680]

First the lions and now I see this. That is worth a sub. Finally some good ducking science.

[@exiversal5095]

So informational. Thanks!

[@rezorteclipez4517]

Got this reccomended Thought it was posting again :( come back king

[@loaf778]

Think about the amount of publicity the toilet paper brand would get

[@jotarobat]

the answer is 1 cvs receipt

[@lilpekoni4101]

This is what i needed thank you.

[@DoggoTheSimp]

Thank you for cool video! Stay safe and have a wonderful day!❤️

[@nathandagoattt1236]

i love these videos. they are good edited and straight to the point, while adding some humor into it. you just gained a new sub man

[@LemonAttic5987]

EASY /tp (player_name) moon 🧍‍♂️ and boom 🌑

[@zentryii]

@e*

[@LemonAttic5987]

@@zentryii erm @e is for all entities. If you did this you would die from entity cramming

[@zentryii]

@@LemonAttic5987 Thanks for ruining my terrible joke :)

[@keekonan]

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[@mochi7067]

@@LemonAttic5987 he meant /tp @e[type=player] moon

[@rayziiluv]

Okay, I know that I am super bored the whole day but I have never seen anyone THAT bored to calculate how much toilet paper we need to reach the moon

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

There is a whole subreddit about solving these kinds of questions with math.

[@gavinthecrafter]

1:30 I wonder what the median value for that data would be. There's gotta be some outliers using tons of toilet paper cause I know I use like 15-20 sheets maximum a day

[@Favorite_APES_student]

What Karen is thinking when she buys all of the TP in the store:

[@leontius5502]

You think Karen thinks this hard? I think _you're_ the Karen

[@IceeFish]

Your statement is only half believable Will karens think about something as stupid as this? Believable Will karens think this hard about anything? Unbelievable

[@Favorite_APES_student]

@@IceeFish well I suppose you are right seeing as Karen’s only have the mental capacity of well a goldfish, oh wait, I shouldn’t disrespect the goldfish like that

[@edenengland1883]

this implies that Karens have a mental capacity higher than a rock, as this would require at least 1st grade mathmatics, which is not known by Karens

[@turk2141]

Gamers when they read the thumbnail: “Teleport to the moon?”

[@cyrax7933]

Huh

[@Uni986]

That's what I thought

[@Asstlum]

Same I thought it said “teleport to the moon”

[@arcticfoxacosta]

Yup

[@juancabardo21]

I bet in a few years, this channel will have millions of subs

[@FinnTheHumanAndJakeTheDog]

I’ve never seen this channel but I am glad KZbin recommended this video about toilet paper 🧻

[@pinespple6974]

This is just such an ez sub. Content is too good

[@parodysam]

Finally, someone who’s not afraid to ask the tough questions.

[@idontexist5132]

It's 4:03 am and I have tests tommorow but I'm going to watch this all the way through

[@THEDragonDinoFan87]

now this is the content I want

[@kamillepanaligan1530]

"Tp to the moon" Me:oh so you mean teleporting to the mo- "No its toiletpaper"

[@DanielTorres-zs7uz]

I though the same thing XD

[@somerandomben7712]

Finally,I found a video that answers this live long question

[@fishingfan1500]

This was surprisingly interesting

[@marsorsmthidk3899]

I needed this

[@danielmetz6268]

This is brilliant.

[@smitasoji533]

Imagine us doing this and then the mass snaps and goes roaming in space only to be found by some alien dudes and the alien dudes come to our planet😂

[@xxkaydenxx3074]

Haha Sound funny and weird. I like your thinking.😂👽

[@IzzyCat923]

I could be studying or sleeping but instead I watched a video on what if you could do a toilet paper chain to the moon… probably the most productive thing I’ve done today

[@a_person2461]

This man answers the good questions

[@hey.555]

Imagine being an astronaut and suddenly seeing a toilet paper flying towards the moon

[@nizarsalhaoui3329]

In 2:14 the toilet paper look like a baguette

[@JaesLostSoul]

this is an intresting topic!I should use it for my research essay in 6th hour which in my case is writing so I can do anything.

[@bluue4925]

this channel is the most random but interesting channel I've seen

[@nisemiso1422]

I watched one of your videos and instantly knew that your videos would be a good source of entertainment. Btw how many sheets of papers would it take to cover the whole world? :)

[@GeodosDevlog]

Me,A Deltarune player:well just defend on every turno and You Will get to the moon with TP

[@tinytime8990]

You didn’t need to make this but you did and it is amazing

[@chickenbrisket9308]

I loved this channel

[@Lunarcreeper]

when the number is so big you can't even comprehend the amount and then you need to use paper towels to measure how big that is, and it's so many paper towels you can't even comprehend, so then you use planets to measure how big it is and then you can't comprehend how big the planets are so the measure it with- (ALRIGHT WE GET IT)

[@kennylmao3337]

Seems like something my science teacher would make us watch 😝

[@Muffin-007]

This is the most random thing ever and I love it

[@lilruni]

Very important information

[@Henrix1998]

57 sheets, how the hell. I use like 4

[@terigonUSAS12]

why does this have so few views

[@malachi4838]

I would expect it to have like 5 million but its sitting at a humble 70 thousand. I hope the algorithm will bless others too .ike I have been with this quality scientific content

[@terigonUSAS12]

@@malachi4838 same

[@maniamhungry4896]

"TP to the moon" Nobody : " Toilet Paper to the Moon" Me : "Teleport to the moon"

[@kaidenlands1507]

Why was I genuinely interested in this?

[@kc7rewards320]

I am honestly dissapointed you didnt mention folding each square of paper and stacking them on top of each other like that 😔. Like just experimenting with the paper I could get around 6 folds in per square which would make it 2^6 times thicker, or 64 times thicker. And with at least 64 times thicker toilet paper that saves you 64 times less amount of roles and money.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

But that also makes the paper shorter, assuming the folds are along alternating axis, that would mean the sheet is around 8 times shorter, meaning you need 8 times more.

[@inside_outsider]

scientists: "we're working on a vaccine for the coronavirus" what scientists are actually doing:

[@mikeyg713g9]

Dimensional analysis coming in clutch😎

[@Tw33k_Tw34k]

This a question nobody has ask for but 3 years later it’s on my recommendation

[@mustardballs5811]

As a wise man once said “Hey ferb I know what we’re going to do today”

[@bagulllover3203]

im intrigued but also amazed

[@aakashriju2366]

this is the shit i watch at 2 am i love it

[@garfield546]

Vector: Finally, I have been waiting for this moment!

[@sparkvoid1377]

That is not the question we asked, but the question we needed

[@nunucr7]

me: trying to sleep youtube: hey do u wanna see how many toilet paper rolls it would take to reach the moon?

[@Funny_mirza]

From the tp in the thumbnail I thought he was going to teleport to the moon

[@serpentmind]

lol same dud

[@sadd_zero]

This channel answers the REAL questions

[@Aquatiox]

These are the types of videos I watch at 3 AM.

[@HCP-65]

The irony of adding these unusual shorted-words tho-

[@drelynthomas4641]

I love this guy here is a subscribe

[@kdogtheprotogen2716]

Props to this guy for doing this lol time go buy a crap ton of tp lol

[@FoxxBean]

Here before million subs. 200k 👏 nice

[@axhvrr]

just the tutorial i was looking for

[@bwbunker]

I was a picturing a giant cone or pyramid of toilet paper rolls thrown on top of each other extending out into space. With the soggy base encircling the entire earth. Probably because I just watched the lions vs the sun video so my mind is on large scales I thought thats where this was going

[@thedeerguy7579]

This is better than _any_ commercial Charmin will ever make.

[@DinoAnimations15]

This is just what i need

[@deanmarvello4452]

3 years and it's getting recommended to everyone.

[@jademiller4354]

Me watching this whole video at 2:09 in morning I would wake up every minute to see the rest it hurts your brain doing math in the morning lol

[@Th-cm3vs]

this man is asking the real questions here

[@yurayissus]

After Eggman pissed on the moon, you'd probably need to bring a lot of toilet paper to wipe it.

[@firered1017]

After 5 years,this video will be legend. I believe in that :)

[@jaycehoward9355]

Who else thought the title meant how to /tp to the moon XD. (Great video btw)

[@gizmoian1562]

imagine doing this then u remeber "ohhh yeahhh the moon moves" and u have to set up under it over and over again

[@bandi1249]

thank god for the recommendations

[@loops7624]

Good shit my dude

[@aluminum8160]

So glad 2020 helped us reach this goal faster!!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

People everywhere tried to get their own space elevator going

[@TelvisionMNM]

This is the best video in the world.

[@phntmsims]

Beautiful use of your time

[@AXLECLAW]

I can't help but rewatch this... I've seen it about 13 times (on my old account that is..

[@zememerr2329]

This whole scenario sounds like some question I’d would’ve found in first year Physics or something

[@RandomAJ16]

Interesting video to watch at midnight