Portal:Utah/DYK archive

...that in parts of rural Utah, the concentration of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may be as high as 90%, compared to less than 50% in Salt Lake City?
...that the surface at Rice-Eccles Stadium is FieldTurf?
...that the Union Pacific Railroad still has offices in the historic Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot?
...that the 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal was a scandal involving allegations of bribery to get the 2002 Winter Olympic Games to Salt Lake City, Utah?
...that green Jell-O was made the official snack of Utah by an act of the Utah legislature in 2001?
...that until 1995 Upheaval Dome in Canyonlands National Park was thought to be a salt dome?

...that the Utah teapot (pictured) is a 3D model which has become a standard reference object in the computer graphics community?
...that Great Salt Lake is the fourth largest terminal lake in the world and the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere?
...that Pando, a clonal colony of a single male Quaking Aspen in Utah near Fish Lake and Bryce Canyon National Park, is the heaviest known organism in existence?