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What are 5 interesting facts about Hawaii?

Leia Doyle

What are 5 interesting facts about Hawaii?

UNIQUE FACTS ABOUT HAWAII

  • Surfing was invented in Hawaii.
  • You can mail a coconut from here.
  • Maui’s Mount Haleakala is the largest dormant volcano in the world.
  • We wear white pants after Labor Day.
  • Maui is home to a Frank Lloyd Wright design.
  • Hawaii is the only U.S. state with two official languages.

What are 10 facts about Hawaii?

10 Fun Facts About Hawaii

  • From East to west, Hawaii is the widest sate in the USA.
  • There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
  • Hawaii has its own time zone, The Hawaiian Stand Time.
  • Hawaii has no Racial or Ethnic Majorities of any kind.
  • The island of Oahu has the world’s largest Wind Turbine.

What are some unique facts about Hawaii?

GEOGRAPHY AND LANDFORMS. Hawaii sits over 2,000 miles west of California. Hawaii is the world’s largest island chain, and it’s the only U.S. state completely made up of islands. But only 7 of its 132 islands are inhabited: Hawaii (also known as the Big Island), Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau.

What is the most interesting thing about Hawaii?

world’s highest sea cliffs. Hawai’i’s longest waterfall and largest white sand beaches are also on the island of Molokaʻi. From the Kure Ātoll in the north to the Big Island in the South, the entire Hawaiian Islands archipelago measures 1,523 miles, making it the longest island chain in the world.

What is Hawaii’s nickname?

Paradise
The Aloha StateThe Islands of Aloha
Hawaii/Nicknames

What is the longest word in the Hawaiian language?

lauwiliwilinukunukuʻoiʻoi
The fish with the honor of having the longest Hawaiian name is the lauwiliwilinukunukuʻoiʻoi. Freely translated this name means “long-snouted fish shaped like a wiliwili leaf”. The wiliwili tree, by the way, is endemic to Hawai’i. It’s name means “repeatedly twisted”, and you can see why.

What is Hawaii’s number one crop?

Sugar cane and pineapples are Hawaii’s most valuable crops. Hawaii also produces large quantities of flowers, much for export. Coffee, macadamia nuts, avocados, bananas, guavas, papayas, tomatoes and other fruits are grown.

What’s Alaska’s nickname?

The Last Frontier
Alaska/Nicknames
Alaska — “The Last Frontier” Alaska was the 49th state to join the union, hence the nickname “The Last Frontier.” Only 1/3 of the land in the entire state has been defined by cities and towns, leaving a vast expanse of undisturbed, remote landscape.

What is the full name of titin?

isoleucine
So what’s the word? Wikipedia’s says that it’s “Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl isoleucine” (ellipses necessary), which is the “chemical name of titin, the largest known protein.” Also, there’s some dispute about whether this is really a word.

What is Hawaii’s main source of income?

visitor sector
The primary source of income for Hawaii is the visitor sector which spreads itself over several industries, such as service, transportation and retail trade.

Who owns Niihau today?

Niihau is currently owned by the Robinson family, descendants of the Sinclairs who originally obtained ownership from King Kamehameha V in 1864 for $10,000 worth of gold (a huge sum of money for the time).

What is the longest word in the world that takes 3 hours to say?

protein titin
METHIONYLTHREONYLTHREONYGLUTAMINYLARGINYL … All told, the full chemical name for the human protein titin is 189,819 letters, and takes about three-and-a-half hours to pronounce. The problem with including chemical names is that there’s essentially no limit to how long they can be.

What’s Georgia’s nickname?

Empire State of the South
Peach State
Georgia/Nicknames