Cosmic rays can be detected one mile below the surface of the ocean. According to crime statistics, a person's chances of being murdered in New York are forty times greater than they are in London. Captain Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1775, and named them in honour of the fourth Earl of Sandwich. then First Lord of the Admiralty. The substitution of the name the islands now bear took place gradually. Hawaii is the name of the largest island of the group, and gives its name to the whole.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20853, 11 July 1939, Page 11
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