Hawaii

 

• In ancient Hawaii you would not wear any clothes until the age of 8.  When yo were given clothes you would be expected to work.
• The highest recorded temperature in Hawaii was 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
• When measured from east to west Hawaii is the widest state.
• Hawaii is the only state in the U.S. that grows coffee.
• Hawaii produces about 320,000 tons of pineapple each year. 
•  The Hawaiian alphabet consists of only twelve letters. The five vowels are A,E, I, O,U. And the seven consonants are H,K,L,M,N,P,W.
•  Hawaii is the only state whose land area is constantly increasing due to volcanic eruptions.
• Hawaii is the only U.S. state where the majority of people are non-white.
• More birds have become extinct in Hawaii than in any other part of the world.
• Hawaii has the highest life expectancy in the United States. Life expectancy for males is 75, for females 80 years.  
• Hawaii has the fewest overweight people in the United States.
• Honolulu, Hawaii is the second most expensive city in the United States, after Anchorage, Alaska.
• The coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up about 70 percent of all the reefs in the United States. 
• Hawaii is the southernmost state in the United States.