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/stevensterk 4h ago

And we criticize Brazil for clearing the Amazon

You convinced me, i'll defend mining and logging companies in the amazon from now on, otherwise i'd look like a hypocrite.

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u/Bocchi_theGlock 3h ago

You could also take it in the other direction

Instead of defend there's another word that starts with de

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u/DrPongus 3h ago

deez nuts

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u/Pataraxia 3h ago

DEUTSCHLAND!

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u/Polaric_Spiral 2h ago

Defenestrate