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Cards Against Humanity joked that they could buy an island with the money they donate to charity, so they bought an island in Maine to preserve wildlife. They named it ‘Hawaii 2’ because “it’s on the Maine land.”

A submarine ran out of fuel about 100 miles from hawaii while searching for a lost tug. Sub R14 had empty reserve tanks, no radio communications and a week's worth of food. Crew rigged up blankets and mattress covers as sails. It sailed back to Hawaii over 5 days.

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  1. Mark Zuckerberg bought 700 acres of beachfront land in Hawaii. He built a wall around the property and then tried to force hundreds of Native Hawaiians to forfeit their gathering rights to the land by suing them

  2. Hawaii has nearly one tourist die each week while engaged in common vacation activities like swimming, snorkeling, hiking and going on scenic drives

  3. In Maori mythology in New Zealand, there is a story of a land called Hawaiki that their ancestors came from. Some have speculated this to be Hawaii, a journey of 4600 miles.

  4. Hawaii allows people to throw their beloved's ashes into their volcanos, as long as you pay a $25 permit and do it discreetly.

  5. Hawaii tried to raise the smoking age to 100

  6. The Pearl Harbor memorial development had slowed to a halt, only for Elvis to jump in and contribute 50,000 dollars through his "Aloha from Hawaii" benefit concert.

  7. The card game Cards against humanity bought an island to preserve wildlife, it was named "Hawaii 2"

  8. Ancient Hawaii had no native pottery due to a lack of suitable clay

  9. Hawaii once attempted to combat homelessness by providing one way tickets back to the mainland for any homeless person who wanted one

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Visitors to Hawaii from Mainland USA

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Mauna Loa (Hawaii) Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations 1959 - 1997

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4 states ban billboards. That's Hawaii, Vermont, Maine, and Alaska.

Hawaii has a clock on a pole stopped at 1:04 am in a park as a memorial to the 61 people that died there in 1960 when a 20-ft tsunami hit the area, the clock was stopped by the wave. - source

The Hawaii state flag has existed in its current form since the islands were a monarchy, and was commissioned by King Kamehameha to resemble both the US and UK flag in order to avoid being dragged by either side into the War of 1812 - source

Hawaiian Airlines lets you travel with a 10lbs box of Pineapples or Papaya for free on any flight leaving Hawaii.

US sailors captured by North Korea, were flipping the middle finger in photos to protest the propaganda on their treatment. The North Koreans for months photographed them without knowing the real meaning of the finger, while the sailors explained that the sign meant good luck in Hawaii. - source

Hawaii became the first state in the nation to ban plastic bags in all counties.

Hawaii has a law that prohibits any person from erecting, maintaining, or using a billboard or displaying any outdoor advertising device.

An Orca killed a Great White Shark near California’s Farallon Islands in 2000. The smell of the dead shark's carcass caused all nearby great whites to vanish. A great white with a satellite tag in the area was seen to immediately dive to a depth of 500 meters and then swam to Hawaii.

Mongooses were introduced to Hawaii to control the invasive rat population. However, rats are nocturnal and mongooses are diurnal. Hawaii now has a problem with both.

After an Orca killed a Great White Shark near California that the dead shark's carcass odor caused all nearby great whites to flee. A great white with a satellite tag in the area immediately dove to 500 meters and then swam to Hawaii.

Hawaii is the only U.S. state where a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit has never been recorded (including Alaska).

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Alaska and Hawaii Update: Parts of the US that experience the greatest and least temperature changes between Summer and Winter


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Analysis of Visitors to Hawaii (Reworked)


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Hotels use RFID chips to track their towels and linens. One hotel in Hawaii saved over $15000 in stolen towels using the RFID chips

When King Kamehameha of Hawaii died in 1819, his body was taken and buried in secret in accordance with Hawaiian tradition to preserve his mana. To this day, his body has not been found and people only speculate on it's location.

There are fish that can induce LSD-like hallucinations when eaten. The effects can last several days and are known as "the chief of ghosts" in Hawaii and "the fish that makes dreams" in Arabic.

Niihau, the 7th largest island of Hawaii which is completely privately owned by one family who seeks to maintain it as it was purchased in 1864 for $10,000 in gold, including the native population.

There are 4 states that ban billboards - Hawaii, Alaska, Vermont and Maine.

NATO must treat any attack on an ally's soil as if it were their own, unless it's Hawaii.

Hawaiian shirts are called 'Aloha shirts' in Hawaii. More subdued versions are "considered formal wear in business and government and are thus regarded as equivalent to a shirt, coat, and tie". Everyone wears Hawaiian shirts to work every day.

When musician Israel Kamakawiwo'ole passed in 1997, he was the first and only citizen to receive the honor of having the Hawaii state flag flown at half-staff. His coffin was allowed to "lay in state" in the capitol building. Since then, in 2003 a bronze bust of Brother Iz was erected on O'ahu.

There was a 9 yr old girl who's parents named her Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii, but she asked for her name to be changed by court order (her request was granted)

Vermont, Hawaii, Alaska, and Maine have all banned billboards.

Vanessa Bayer of SNL was sent to Hawaii on a "Make-a-Wish" trip as a teen, because she had leukemia. She beat the cancer, graduated from the Ivy League, and now does charity work with the organization.

Robert Heft designed the 50 star American Flag in 1958 as a 17 year old for a high school class project. He received a B-, though it was changed to an A after his flag design was chosen and adopted by presidential proclamation after Alaska and before Hawaii were admitted into the union.

The Kingdom of Hawaii declared itself neutral during the American Civil War. Despite that decree, many native Hawaiians enlisted anyway.

Cards against Humanity purchased an island in Maine and dubbed it Hawaii 2

4 states (Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine) have laws prohibiting the use of outdoor advertising with billboards.

Diana Kim, a photographer from Hawaii, who, after 10 years of documenting the homeless, found her own father among them.

After returning to Earth, the Apollo 11 crew was still required to complete a US customs form for entry into Hawaii.

Bill Gates rented out every hotel room on the island of Lanai, Hawaii, and chartered all nearby helicopters to not fly for the day for his wedding.

DJ Carl Cox played the Millennium (1999 to 2000) on New Year's Eve twice, by performing in Sydney, Australia and again in Hawaii after flying back over the International Date Line.

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