Hawaii Facts

In Hawaiian culture, wearing a flower behind the right ear traditionally signals that a person is single and available, while wearing it behind the left ear indicates they are taken.

The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.

Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace.

Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace!

At age 4, Bruno Mars was nicknamed 'Little Elvis' and became one of the world's youngest Elvis Presley impersonators, performing in his family's show in Honolulu.

Gordon Ramsay finished the 2013 Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. The world's angriest chef swam 2.4 miles in the open ocean, biked 112 miles, then ran a full marathon, all in one day. He crossed the finish line in 14 hours and 4 minutes. And it was no stunt. He had already run 10 London Marathons in a row.