Why Hawaii?
December 27, 2021Pono Pledge
January 17, 2022
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Hawaii is the 50th state!
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Nickname is the ALOHA State
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Hawaii license plates have a Rainbow on them!
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Hawaii has its own time zone HST Hawaii Standard Time
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Also, Hawaii doesn’t change time in the spring and the fall like most of the mainland does!
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Hawaii has one area code for all the islands…808!!
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The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters. A,E,H,I,K,L,M,N,O,P,U and W
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Hawaii state bird is the Nene (similar to a Canadian goose)
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Hawaii state flower is the yellow hibiscus
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Hawaii state fish is humuhumunukuiuapua’a…say that 10 times fast!?!
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All beaches in Hawaii are public- NO private beaches! Also, smoking is illegal on all beaches! So please don’t light up!
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Hawaii is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean
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Hawaii has 8 major islands but also consists of over 130 different islands in the northern Hawaiian chain
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Hawaii is the only state with two official languages, English and Hawaiian!
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Surfing was invented in Hawaii! Hang ten!
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In Hawaii, we greet one another with Hugs, not Handshakes! (Except during Covid)
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We take our slippahs (flip-flops) off before entering someone’s home
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No snakes or poisonous spiders are found in Hawaii! There also isn’t any poison ivy or poison oak in Hawaii so you can feel at ease out hiking in nature!
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Hawaii is one of two states where gambling is illegal! (Utah is the other)
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Iolani Palace located in Honolulu is the only royal palace in the United States!
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Hawaii produces 2% of the world’s supply of pineapple!
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Hawaii was the 1st state to ban plastic grocery bags! We were groundbreakers way back in 2015!
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We never say goodbye in Hawaii, instead, we say A Hui Hou…or until we meet again!
ALOHA!
