I know everybody on this island

Seems so happy, on this island

Because about 75 years before the SooperDooperLooper, Coney Island — in my hometown of New York — was home to the first two looping coasters in America.

Coney Island — in my hometown of New York — was home to

I didn't pick a great day to travel to this tiny little island.

I'm taking the world's shortest commercial flight from this airport to the next island, a mile away,

He had spent his voyage observing and collecting as many species as he could, hopping from island to island across almost the entire archipelago.

hopping from island to island across  almost the entire archipelago.

And now you have Tokyo the largest city in the world and home to 14 million people built on an island that gets hit with earthquakes the same size as the one that leveled Turkey every few years, sometimes multiple times per year.

and home to 14 million people built on an island  that gets hit with earthquakes the same size  

The Northwest Passage was notoriously impassable for early explorers due to ice, and evidence of that is still present today, like the graves of the Franklin Expedition members on Beechey Island.

on Beechey Island.

Almost all of the world's supply comes from one small island, Taiwan.

from one small island, Taiwan.

the way, are proving it. States like Arizona, Rhode Island have taken these Medicaid dollars,

This is the island of Ireland. The island is politically split between the Republic of Ireland

But why exactly is the island split? And when did it happen?

The 3 smallest states are: Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island.

Comparing the largest and smallest states, Alaska is 430 times the size of Rhode Island.