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Did you know...

...that until 1995 Upheaval Dome (pictured) in Canyonlands National Park was thought to be a salt dome?
...that Merlin Olsen (born in Logan, Utah) is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and also starred in his own television series, Father Murphy?
...that the chemistry building at the University of Utah is named for Henry Eyring, developer of the Eyring equation?

...that the surface at Rice-Eccles Stadium (pictured) is FieldTurf?
...that the Uinta Mountains are unusual for a mountain range becaue they run east to west?
...that Paul D. Boyer (born in Provo, Utah) is one of the laureates for the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

...that the Utah teapot (pictured) is a 3D model which has become a standard reference object in the computer graphics community?
...that Camp Steiner is the highest boy scout camp in the United States at 10,400 feet?
...that James H. Clark, who received a PhD in computer science from the University of Utah in 1974, founded Silicon Graphics, Inc., Netscape Communications Corporation and Healtheon?

...that Brent Scowcroft (pictured) (born in Ogden, Utah) was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush?
...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?
...that Natalie Williams, who attended Taylorsville High School and UCLA, is the first woman to earn collegiate All-America honors in both basketball and volleyball in the same year?

...that David M. Kennedy (signature pictured), from Randolph, Utah, was the Secretary of the Treasury from 1969 until 1971?
...that green Jell-O was made the official snack of Utah by an act of the Utah State Legislature in 2001?
...that the Kennecott Smokestack is the tallest free-standing structure west of the Mississippi River and the fourth tallest smokestack in the world?

...that Cael Sanderson (born in Salt Lake City, Utah) was undefeated in four years of college wrestling (159-0), including four consecutive NCAA titles (1999-2002)?
...that at 13,528 feet (4,123 metres), Kings Peak (pictured) is Utah's highest peak?
...that John Warnock (born in Salt Lake City, Utah) was the co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc., the graphics and publishing software company?

...that Rainbow Bridge (pictured) is the world's largest natural bridge?
...that Gunnison, Utah was named for John W. Gunnison, an explorer and early advocate of Mormon self-rule in Utah?
...that at 11,928 feet (3,636 m), Mount Nebo is the highest mountain in the Wasatch Range?

...that George Dern (pictured), the 6th Governor of Utah and 54th War Secretary, is the grandfather of actor Bruce Dern and the great-grandfather of actress Laura Dern?
...that the fifth-worst mining accident in American history, the Winter Quarters Mine disaster, occurred in Scofield, Utah on May 1, 1900 when at least 200 workers died as the result of a coal dust explosion?
...that the Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation operates the Bingham Canyon Mine, the largest open-pit copper mine in the world near Copperton, Utah?
...that between 1978 and 1987 Dale Murphy (now living in Alpine, Utah) was the only Major League Baseball player to have a 30-30 season?