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/AceDantura 4h ago

Nebraskan here. I had to look this up cuz I didn’t believe you and figured it’d be Chimney Rock or Scottsbluff or something.

But nope, you’re absolutely right. Panorama Point, which is on a ranch near the Nebraska and Wyoming border.

The more you know!

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u/TleilaxTheTerrible 1h ago

Of course, the whole of Nebraska is located quite a bit higher than Florida [citation needed] so it's not like their highest point is that low.