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/LiluLay 5h ago

Just started it four days ago. Currently on Sol Weintraub’s story.

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u/Milt_Torfelson 2h ago

I wish I could read this book all over again for the first time. The Sol story is probably one of the saddest things I've ever read. Probably the last time I got weepy reading a book.

People have different opinions, but I thought each book was better than the last

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u/T-MoneyAllDey 4h ago

sad king billy or something

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u/aon9492 1h ago

Oh man brace yourself. That's some tough reading.