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Interesting facts
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HAWAII NEI:-
is home to the longest erupting volcano in recorded history? (Kilauea Caldera on the Big Island has been erupting since 1983)
has no daylight saving time?
has no snakes in the wild?
is home to the tallest mountain on the planet? (Mauna Kea on the Big Island - measured from the seafloor tops out at 33,476 feet)
got snow? (Yes snow can be seen atop Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa mountains during the winter - skiing anyone!)
is home to the wettest spot on earth? (Wai'ale'ale, Kauai's highest mountain, records 485 inches of rainfall per year)
is the most geographically isolated population center on earth? (We are 2,000 miles from the Marshall Islands, 2,390 miles from California, 2,500 miles from Tahiti, 3850 miles from Japan, 4,900 miles from China, and 5,280 miles from the Philippines.)
is comprised of 137 islands, encompassing a land area of 6,423 square miles? (and only 7 of those island are inhabited)
is still growing? (Loihi, a new seamount, 20miles offshore of the Big Island of Hawai'i, is giving birth to the nexr island - due to rise above the waves in another 60,000 years)
has two official languages, Hawaiian and English?
Don Ho's "Tiny Bubbles" went to number 8 on the national pop charts in 1967?
has the USA's only Royal Palace ('Iolani Royal Palace in downtown Honolulu)
the Nene Goose, Hawaii's State bird, is the only goose whose feet are clawed (for walking on lava rock)?
the literal translation of the word mu'umu'u (those shapeless, loose fitting dresses) is 'deformed'?
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