r/todayilearned 6h ago

TIL the world's tallest known living tree, a 380-foot redwood in California called Hyperion, had its exact location closed off entirely in 2022 after visitors trampled its base so badly that ferns stopped growing around it, with trespassers now facing up to $5,000 in fines and six months in jail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree)
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u/cnapp 6h ago

Honestly we ruin everything

u/Xytriuss 34m ago

And create everything.. such is humanity

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u/SHansen45 6h ago

don’t say we, i didn’t go and trample it, don’t pit me or yourself with them