-The only state in the USA that has a state anthem in a language other than English.
-The only state in the US with active volcanoes
-Largest consumer of "Spam" in the USA
-The only state in the union where saimin (noodles in clear broth) is on the menu at McDonalds
-The only state in the USA where county lines are drawn by the ocean
-The only state that was an independant nation prior to admission to the US
-The only state to grow grow coffee in the US
-The location of world's biggest telescope and more scientific observatories in one place than anywhere else in the world.
-Hawaii is the most isolated population center on the face of the earth. Hawaii is 2,390 miles from California; 3,850 miles from Japan; 4,900 miles from China; and 5,280 miles from the Philippines.
-The Hawaiian language has the shortest alphabet known to man.There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet. Vowels: A, E, I, O, U Consonants: H, K, L, M, N, P, W
-The widest state from east to west in the United States.
- Location of the southernmost point in the USA (South Point)
-The only state that sits atop the biggest mountain range in the world.
-Ala Wai Wai Golf Course is Hawaii's first municipal course and the busiest in the USA
-Location of the The only Royal Palace in the USA.
-Hawaii has its own time zone (Hawaiian Standard Time.) The time runs two hours behind Pacific Standard Time and five hours behind Eastern Standard Time. Hawaii does not observe Daylight Savings time.
-Home of the world's largest domant volcano - Haleakala
-The only state in the USA to consist of over 130 scattered points of land stretching some 1,600 miles in length from the Kure Atoll in the north to the Island of Hawaii in the south.
-The only state where the sun stands directly overhead at noon - once in May and once in July
