This is short and rather interesting, ignore all the safety violations.Here’s What Happens When a Piece of Paper Is Folded Seven Times Under a Hydraulic PressLINK to video 4951
Cool video.The "7 Folds" limit is based on the typical thickness and sheet size of paper. If you can find really thin paper that is much larger, you can get a few more folds in. The Mythbusters proved this....but they also had to use something to press the folds after they got up in numbers.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRAEBbotuIEAt 11 folds, the paper stack is 2048 sheets thick. 4951