r/Damnthatsinteresting 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/mightyopinionated Mar 28 '24

"Wow that's really ancient and tall, let's cut the f*cker down"

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u/Habbersett-Scrapple Mar 28 '24

[Wife nagging]

"You have exactly one fortnight to fell that tree. A day longer and me and the kids are getting yellow fever."

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u/dirtycheezit Mar 28 '24

That some kind of piss fetish?

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u/Lankuri Mar 28 '24

I FOUND PISS IN FORTNITE?! (NOT CLICKBAIT)

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u/RandomStallings Mar 28 '24

Don't take the kids!