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Explore the truth behind the claim that folding paper 42 times reaches past the Moon with scientific facts and exponential growth analysis.

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delone

@delone · Oct 20, 2026

Folding a sheet of paper in half 42 times would reach past the Moon

Each fold doubles the thickness. A 0.1 mm sheet folded 42 times is about 0.1 mm x 2^42, roughly 440,000 km. The Moon is about 384,000 km away.

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