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  "path": "/2026/04/23/workers-routed-a-highway-through-this-boulder-rather-than-blast-it.html",
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    "History",
    "national parks",
    "Nature",
    "Sequoia National Park",
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  "textContent": "This beautiful passageway in Sequoia National Park is known as Tunnel Rock. This naturally occurring granite boulder was incorporated into the road construction beneath it. I'm so glad that it wasn't removed, and instead has become a beloved landmark.\n\nThe rock is part of the ancient Sierra Nevada batholith, a massive granite formation created roughly 100 million years ago when molten rock slowly cooled deep underground. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Workers routed a highway through this boulder rather than blast it appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "Workers routed a highway through this boulder rather than blast it"
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