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If it were physically possible to fold a piece of paper forty-two times, its thickness would reach from the Earth to the Moon.

Why it is true

Each fold doubles the paper's thickness. This exponential growth means forty-two folds would result in a stack over three hundred and eighty thousand kilometers high.

Source: Mathematics Physics

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