Portal:Utah/DYK
DYK 1
- ...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?
DYK 2
- ...that the surface at Rice-Eccles Stadium (pictured) is FieldTurf?
- ...that the Uinta Mountains are unusual for a mountain range because 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?
DYK 3
- ...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?
DYK 4
- ...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?
DYK 5
- ...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?
DYK 6
- ...that Cael Sanderson (born in Salt Lake City) 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) was the co-founder of Adobe Inc., the graphics and publishing software company?
DYK 7
- ...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?
DYK 8
- ...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?
DYK 9
- ...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?