Fold a Paper 42 Times: You'd Reach the Moon 🌙 #education #learnmath #mathfacts
Fold a piece of paper 42 times and it would be taller than the Moon — seriously, the math checks out. Each fold doubles the height, so after 10 folds you've barely got a fistful, but after 30 you're already past the clouds into space. The twist? No paper on Earth can physically fold more than 7 or 8 times. The math says 42. Physics stops you at 8.
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Fold a piece of paper 42 times and it would be taller than the Moon — seriously, the math checks out. Each fold doubles the height, so after 10 folds you've barely got a fistful, but after 30 you're already past the clouds into space. The twist? No paper on Earth can physically fold more than 7 or 8 times. The math says 42. Physics stops you at 8.
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