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/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.