Why "the Utah Teapot"?

The teapot was one of the first free-form models used in computer graphics. Since it was created at the University of Utah (by Martin Newell) in 1975, the teapot has become a favorite computer graphics benchmark. The teapot symbolizes Utah's distinguished leadership in computer graphics.

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