Have you ever wondered where High School Musical was filmed or where one of the biggest dinosaur foot was found? Or what is the most popular food in Utah? Almost every question can be answered by a random fact about Utah.
Top Seven Most Eaten Foods in Utah:
* Fry sauce* Utah scones* Jell-O* Bear Lake raspberries* Pastrami burgers* Funeral potatoes* Collegiate ice cream
Some Cool Things in Utah:
* Utah is the 11th biggest state in USA* in 2007 67% of people who lived in Utah were mormon* The LDS Salt Lake Temple was ranked the 16th most visited tourist attraction in the United States with over five million visitors every year.* High School Musical 1,2 and 3 were filmed in Utah!* Some of the biggest dinosaur footprints (of the hadrosaurid) in the world can be found in Utah
Popular Movies Filmed in Utah:
* Stage Coach* Billy the Kid * Rio Grande * Footloose* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* Back to the Future Part III* The Sandlot* Forrest Gump* Lone Ranger* Galaxy Quest* Mission Impossible 2* Legally Blonde 2* HULK* National Treasure* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* Star Trek* 127 Hours* Doctor Who: "The Impossible Astronaut" all of season 6* John Carter
Facts about Utah archaeology:
* Rainbow Bridge is the world's largest natural-rock span. It stands 278 feet wide and 309 feet high.* Salt Lake City was originally named Great Salt Lake City. Great was dropped from the name in 1868.* Utah has seven national monuments: Cedar Breaks, Natural Bridges, Dinosaur, Rainbow Bridge, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Timpanogos Cave and Hovenweep.* Utah has six national forests: Ashley, Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-LaSal, Uinta and Wasatch-Cache.* Cedar Hills is built upon an alluvial fan or bench, created thousands of years ago when it was a shoreline of Lake Bonneville.* Beaver is the birthplace of two very famous individuals of the past -- Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television, and Butch Cassidy, the notorious Western outlaw.* The federal government owns 65 percent of the state's land.* The Great Salt Lake, which is about 75 miles long and 35 miles wide, covers more than a million acres.* The Navajo Indians were referred to by the Apache as "Yuttahih" meaning "one that is higher up."Springville Facts:* There are 15,261 Males in springville (thats 49.8% of people in utah)* There are 15,360 Females in springville (thats 50.2% of people in utah)
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