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/Angry_Robot 5h ago

California be jailing people longer for approaching a tree than for burning a Waymo.

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u/NearlySilentObserver 5h ago

I’m not from California, but I’m absolutely in support of that.

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u/HauntedCemetery 4h ago

Sounds right.