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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Another myth is that because the thickness doubles on every fold that it would reach the moon before you could fold it .. X times.

I'm bored, so I figured it out. A thin piece of office paper (0.05 mm) would need to folded 43 times to reach the moon.

The world record is 12.