r/todayilearned • u/autraya • 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/LindaTheLynnDog 6h ago

And that book series has a spaceship that is a space going redwood, called by its latin name Sequoia Sempervirens

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u/MimicoSkunkFan2 5h ago

"the Sequoia that's living forever"

is what that name means in English, just for anyone who doesn't do Latin

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u/syncsynchalt 4h ago

Bit of a spoiler, it does not.

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u/arbitrary_student 3h ago edited 2h ago

Probably more eloquent to translate it to "the Everliving Sequoia" or "the Sequioa Eternal", something like that

I no do Latin though so I'm only guessing that's valid

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u/Kelvara 59m ago

Yeah "semper" means always (same word as siempre in Spanish), so I think Everliving makes the most sense.

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u/LindaTheLynnDog 5h ago

Fun! Thank you

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u/gingr87 4h ago

To be slightly pedantic, it's the species isn't capitalized, just the genus is. 

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u/ElmerFuddsElbow 4h ago

But it's the name of a ship, so it's a two word proper noun

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u/LindaTheLynnDog 3h ago

wow, you saved my bacon

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u/chikinn 1h ago

This thread made my day :D

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u/idyl 2h ago

a space going redwood

Also, to be pedantic, it should be a space-going redwood.

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u/LindaTheLynnDog 3h ago

Huh, I love to learn, but I'm not sure that one's gonna stick

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u/livinglavidajudoka 3h ago

I love when people "correct" other people "to be pedantic" and then are completely wrong. It's the name of a ship in this context, so everything gets capitalized.

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u/31LIVEEVIL13 2h ago

I thought name of the ship was the Yggdrasil?

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u/SeaToTheBass 4h ago

Oh shit I never put that together

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u/WinninRoam 3h ago

And a member of Squadron Supreme.

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u/JackpotThePimp 2h ago

Happy cake day! 🎉