Updated figures of Syrian refugees admitted into the U.S. since the Syrian civil war began. Only 53, or 2.4 percent, of the 2,194 total are Christians.
Some people say that the Humuhumunukunukuapuaâa is the longest Hawaiian name for a fish. This is not true, because it âonlyâ has 22 letters (counting the okina). Luckily the humuhumunukunukuapuaâa has another honorable distinction: it is the state fish of Hawaiâi!
On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution. Rhode Island has the longest official name of any state. Its official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The official name comes from Aquidneck Island, the large island in Narragansett Bay officially named Rhode Island in 1644, and from Providence, the state's first settlement.