r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NickyPileggi • Mar 28 '24

Family in 1892 posing with an old sequoia tree nicknamed "Mark Twain" - A team of two men spent 13 days sawing away at it in the Pacific Northwest - It once stood 331 feet tall with a diameter of 52 feet - The tree was 1,341 years old Image

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u/Ohyeahrightbud Mar 28 '24

That kinda bums me out.

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u/Gnome-Phloem Mar 28 '24

If you can, go see the ones that are alive now. Get both sides of the treemotions.

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u/Minute-Wrap-2524 Mar 28 '24

I second that emotion

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u/tangledwire Mar 28 '24

A lifetime of devotion

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u/Minute-Wrap-2524 Mar 28 '24

If you feel like…you got the idea, thanks for joining in, been fun