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• If you’re suffering from icterus, your skin and the whites of your eyes will appear yellow. The more common name for this ailment is jaundice, from the French word jaune, meaning “yellow.” Bilirubin is a yellow substance produced when the liver breaks down old red cells. When the substance is at high levels, the yellowish pigmentation appears. The condition is common in infants around Day Two of life, and can be alleviated by exposing the baby to light and sunlight, which promotes the production of Vitamin D. Hepatitis, liver cancer, and bile duct blockage can also produce icterus. • Idaho is nicknamed the “Gem State” because almost every known type of gemstone has been found there. In fact, its state gem, the star garnet, can only be found there and in India. This mountainous state was the 43rd state admitted to the Union and has an area larger than that of all the New England states combined. It’s believed that the name Idaho traces its origins to the Shoshone language, translating “the sun comes from the mountains.” Two major grocery chains, Safeway and Albertsons, have their roots in the state of Idaho. Famous folks born there include baseball great Harmon Killebrew, Olympic skier Picabo Street, and actress Lana Turner. • Izzard might sound like a rare animal or one of its parts, but it’s actually the Old English word for the letter “Z”. The expression “from A to izzard” means “from beginning to end.” If you “don’t know A from izzard,” you don’t know even the most basic things. Izzard is related to the British use of “zed” for Z, while the Scots call it “ezed.”

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THE “I’S” HAVE IT (continued): • Ibex and ibis might look like similar words, but these two creatures are vastly different. The ibex is a wild goat with large curved horns that lives in the European Alps. Its habitat is the mountainous regions from 5,900 to 10,800 feet (1,800 to 3,300 meters). The ibis is a longlegged wading bird related to the heron. Its long slender, downwardly-curved bill enables them to probe mud for food. Florida’s University of Miami has chosen the white ibis as its school mascot because of its bravery. Legend has it that the ibis is the last creature to take shelter before a hurricane, and the first to reappear when the storm has passed. • The driest known object in the Solar System is Io, one of the moons of the planet Jupiter. Discovered in 1610, it’s also the most geologically active object, with more than 400 active volcanoes. This moon is named for the mythological priestess Io, a mortal lover of Zeus, ruler of the Olympian gods. According to Greek mythology, Zeus turned her into a heifer in order to hide her from his wife. • Can you translate this sentence? Those who are impavid have no iatrophobia. To be impavid means a person is fearless; therefore, he has no fear of going to the doctor, which is iatrophobia. • If a word is imsonic, it’s also onomatopoetic. What in the world does that mean? These are words that have been created to imitate a natural sound, such as honk, beep, buzz, cuckoo, meow, quack, and purr. • If someone can follow your ichnograms, you’ve simply left your footprints behind. • We all have that one inaniloquent friend – one who is prone to foolish or empty babbling!

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THE “I’S” HAVE IT! (continued): • When we mention a school as being “Ivy League,” it belongs to a group of eight longestablished U.S. universities in the eastern part of the country. The group includes Harvard, the nation’s oldest institute of higher learning, founded in 1636. Harvard was initially a school for the clergy, gradually becoming secular in the 1700s. Yale was founded in New Haven, CT in 1702 as a training ground for political leaders and clergymen. Today it is home to the second-largest academic library in the U.S., second only to Harvard. Princeton University was founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, its name until 1896. Founded in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin, the University of Pennsylvania was established in Philadelphia with a focus on education for public service and commerce. Providence, Rhode Island’s Brown University was founded in 1746. The smallest of the group is Dartmouth, established in 1769 in Hanover, New Hampshire. Located in New York City, Columbia University was founded in 1754 by a royal charter of King George II of England. The final Ivy League college is Cornell, founded in 1865 in Ithaca, New York. During the 1800s, “planting the ivy” was a traditional ceremony at many colleges, and the ivy-covered walls reflect the efforts of students each Spring. It wasn’t until the early 1930s that this group of universities were described as “Ivy colleges.” The term “Ivy League” was first used in 1954, when the NCAA athletic conference was formed and the eight schools became part of the Division.

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