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Imagine How Thin It Is !(Usugami) 2012.05.30

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Suddenly the president of Umeda Washi called and said, ` We made it ! ` ....Well ?

It was about a paper he had been trying very hard. The paper is made of 100% Gampi and it weigns 0.01g. He says the world record for how thin paper can be should be like 0.02g. 

So !? His paper can be the thinnest in the world....  

 

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