Home to a 13-Million-Pound Organism: Fishlake National Forest contains “Pando,” the Trembling Giant. It looks like a normal forest of quaking aspens, but it is actually a massive single living organism with 47,000 genetically identical trees sharing an underground root system.
The Frisbee’s Birthplace: Walter Frederick Morrison, the man who invented the Frisbee, was born in Richfield, Utah. He got the idea after throwing cake tins on the beach, eventually leading to the creation of the “Pluto Platter”.
Official State Cooking Pot: Utah is the only U.S. state to have a cooking vessel among its official state symbols. The legislature approved the Dutch oven as an official state symbol in 1997.