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- ... Kona lows, not tropical cyclones, cause most severe weather in Hawaii?
- ... that at the Pali Lookout during the Battle of Nuʻuanu 400 warriors were driven over a cliff by Kamehameha I?
- ...that Ah Jook Ku, was the first Asian-American reporter for the Associated Press, as well as the first Asian-American female reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin?
- ...that Hurricane Kenneth brought heavy rainfall to Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii, enough for its named to be considered for retirement?
- ... that Amaranthus brownii, an endangered species of pigweed endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Island of Nihoa, was discovered in 1923, but has not been seen in the wild for twenty-five years?
- ... that 'Opaeka'a Falls (pictured) on the Hawaiian island of Kauai is named after the native freshwater shrimp that "roll" down the falls?
- ... that the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology is the only research center in the world built on a coral reef?
- ... that counts of humpback whales in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary are increasing by 7% per year?