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Hawaii Fact #3
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Hawaii is the most isolated population center on the face of t ...
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Hawaii Fact #37
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The Hawaiian language (Ka '+~lelo Hawai'i) was not written unt ...
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Hawaii Fact #4
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More than one-third of the world's commercial supply of pineap ...
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Hawaii Fact #38
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The Royal Hawaiian Band was founded in 1836 by order of King K ...
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Hawaii Fact #5
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The first Asian American in the United States Senate was Hawai ...
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Hawaii Fact #39
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The ukulele is based on a Portuguese instrument and was in fac ...
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Hawaii Fact #6
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There are no racial or ethnic majorities in Hawaii. Everyone i ...
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Hawaii Fact #40
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All the other Hawaiian Islands could fit into the Big Islands ...
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Hawaii Fact #7
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Hawaii became officially known as the Aloha State by a 1959 le ...
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Hawaii Fact #41
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Hawaii has the most advanced telecommunications system in the ...
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Hawaii Fact #42
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King Kalakaua was the first reigning monarch to circumnavigate ...
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Hawaii Fact #9
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Hawaii is home to the tallest mountain on the planet (Mauna Ke ...
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Hawaii Fact #43
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Duke Kahanamoku won five medals at four different Olympics, re ...
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Hawaii Fact #10
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The Hanalei River on Kauai was recently dedicated a "national ...
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Hawaii Fact #44
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Duke Kahanamoku is credited with inventing the flutter kick. ...
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Hawaii Fact #11
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The world's largest wind generator is on the island of Oahu. T ...
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Hawaii Fact #45
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Duke Kahanamoku served as sheriff of Honolulu, Hawaii from 193 ...
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Hawaii Fact #46
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Senator Daniel Inouye was the first American of Japanese desce ...
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Hawaii Fact #13
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There are about forty species of sharks that occur in Hawaiian ...
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Hawaii Fact #47
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Senator Daniel Inouye graduated from the University of Hawai'i ...
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Hawaii Fact #14
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Tigers are considered the most dangerous sharks in Hawaiian wa ...
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Hawaii Fact #48
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On Dec. 20, 1906 the first group of 15 sakadas (contract labor ...
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Hawaii Fact #15
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Home to the only tropical rainforests in the United States, Ha ...
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Hawaii Fact #49
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The Ala Wai Golf Course in Honolulu is the most used municipal ...
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Hawaii Fact #16
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Despite covering only 0.2% of total US land area, 75% of US ex ...
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Hawaii Fact #50
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There are four statues of King Kamehameha the Great. The origi ...
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Hawaii Fact #17
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Hawaii became the first bilingual state in 1978 when Hawaiian ...
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Hawaii Fact #51
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Lahainaluna School is the oldest school west of the Rockies, e ...
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Hawaii Fact #18
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Ni'ihau shells are the only shells in the world to be classifi ...
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Hawaii Fact #52
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Maui and The Big Island are the only two places in the world w ...
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Hawaii Fact #19
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The entire island of Ni'ihau is owned by the Robinson family w ...
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Hawaii Fact #53
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The first cargo to go through the Panama Canal in 1914 was a s ...
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Hawaii Fact #20
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The Islands of Hawaii were one of the last places on Earth dis ...
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Hawaii Fact #54
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The Koa tree is found only in the State of Hawaii and nowhere ...
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Hawaii Fact #21
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The Hawaiian Islands longest unbroken waterfall is found on th ...
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Hawaii Fact #55
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Missionaries banned the dance of Hula in the 1800s because of ...
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Hawaii Fact #22
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Green Sand Beach on the island of Hawai'i really has green sa ...
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Hawaii Fact #56
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It took over 450,000 feathers from 80,000 birds to create the ...
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Hawaii Fact #23
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Parker Ranch on the island of Hawai'i is the largest privately ...
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Hawaii Fact #57
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King David Kalakaua has the distinction of being the first mon ...
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Hawaii Fact #24
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Hawai'i is the worlds leading harvester of macadamia nuts and ...
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Hawaii Fact #58
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The County of Kalawao, a former leper colony still officially ...
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Hawaii Fact #25
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The Wailua River on Kauai is the only navigable river in Hawaii.
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Hawaii Fact #59
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Aiea is the only city in the entire United States whose name i ...
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Hawaii Fact #26
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By law, no building on Kaua'i can be taller than a palm tree.
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Hawaii Fact #60
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The La Ronde Restaurant (now closed) atop the Ala Moana Buildi ...
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Hawaii Fact #27
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The Garden Isles tropical jagged green mountains and white san ...
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Hawaii Fact #28
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There are only three paved roads on Lanai and no traffic ligh ...
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Hawaii Fact #62
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Hawaii consumes 3+ times more cans of Spam than any other state.
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Hawaii Fact #29
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Hana Maui's large caves, partially filled with sea water, form ...
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Hawaii Fact #63
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The U.S. is home to three royal palaces, all located in Hawai` ...
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Hawaii Fact #30
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The water reservoir at Kualapuu on Moloka'i is the largest ru ...
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Hawaii Fact #64
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The Big Island of Hawai`i is almost twice as big as all the ot ...
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Hawaii Fact #65
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Ka Lae (South Point, Big Island) is the southern most point of ...
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Hawaii Fact #32
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Kamehameha I died on May 8, 1819 in Kailua-Kona on the island ...
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Hawaii Fact #66
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Timber grows twice as fast in Hawai`i as anywhere else in the ...
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Hawaii Fact #33
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Hawaii's state motto is "Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono," or ...
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Hawaii Fact #67
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Parker Ranch is the largest privately owned ranch in the U.S.
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Hawaii Fact #34
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The lyrics for the state song, "Hawai'i Pono'i," was written b ...
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Hawaii Fact #35
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Hawaii's state flag consists of eight red and white stripes (r ...
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Hawaii Fact #36
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The total resident population of Hawaii is 1.2 million, which ...
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Hawaii Fact #70
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Lei Day or May Day as it is commonly referred, became an offic ...
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