Hawaii facts
While investigating facts about Hawaii, I found out little known, but curios details like:
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.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 50 of the best facts about Hawaii I managed to collect.
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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
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Hawaii has nearly one tourist die each week while engaged in common vacation activities like swimming, snorkeling, hiking and going on scenic drives
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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.
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Hawaii allows people to throw their beloved's ashes into their volcanos, as long as you pay a $25 permit and do it discreetly.
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Hawaii tried to raise the smoking age to 100
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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.
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The card game Cards against humanity bought an island to preserve wildlife, it was named "Hawaii 2"
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Ancient Hawaii had no native pottery due to a lack of suitable clay
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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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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
