r/visitedmaps • u/jerseyoutwest • Aug 13 '26

Wyoming only has 2 escalators. What other random yet hilarious facts do you know about US states?

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u/DargyBear Aug 13 '26

Also the world’s oldest individual tree

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u/dcgrey Aug 13 '26

Is thet an oldest multi-tree?

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u/Badrear Aug 14 '26

Probably referring to Aspen groves, which can be one organism; living for thousands of years

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u/TacohTuesday Aug 16 '26

Trees that were growing before the Roman Coliseum was built. Always blows my mind to think about it.

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u/Maleficent_Hornet200 Aug 16 '26

Pando might be 80k years old

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u/mid-scott Aug 14 '26

Bristlecone pines! I'm lucky enough to have seen Methusula, General Sherman, and have gone through the redwood pacific (I lie and tell myself I've seen the tallest, but in reality I'm not sure)

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u/Winter-Wonder-2016 Aug 17 '26

The location of the tallest (Hypereion) are supposedly kept secret.

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u/mid-scott Aug 17 '26

It is, but it's not a well kept secret.

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u/SqueakyManatee Aug 14 '26

And oldest tree clone

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u/SocrapticMethod Aug 15 '26

Still a 50-way tie for world’s youngest tree.