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Happy Friday! This week we're taking a deep into what slang is and where it comes from.

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“Don’t Get Mixed Up By These Differences In US, UK, And Australian English.” Dictionary.com, 28 Jan. 2019, https://www.dictionary.com/e/s/differences-us-uk-aussie-english/#australia-confrontation. Accessed 16 July 2025.

Green, Rylin. “IYKYK: Unraveling the Secrets of Slang.” BYU, 25 Oct. 2023, https://hum.byu.edu/iykyk-unraveling-the-secrets-of-slang. Accessed 16 July 2025.

Perlman, Merrill. “Biting off more ‘informal language’ than you can chew.” Columbia Journalism Review, 11 Oct. 2016, https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/colloquial_slang_idiom_oh_my.php. Accessed 16 July 2025.

“Slang Goes Legit.” Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/slang-amelioration. Accessed 16 July 2025.

“The Power of Slang.” PBS, https://www.pbs.org/speak/words/sezwho/slang/. Accessed 16 July 2025.

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Happy Friday! This week we're taking a deep dive into where aspects of American fire safety originated inspired by the Netflix documentary about the Grenfell Tower fire in London.

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CertaSite Editor. “Fire History 101: History of Fire Safety Regulation.” CertaSite, 25 April 2024, https://www.certasitepro.com/news/fire-safety-history#:~:text=Fire%20Safety%20from%201600%2D1899,costliest%20fires%20in%20American%20history. Accessed 6 July 2025.

Engel, Rachel. “Sound the alarm: The history and evolution of fire drills.” Fire Rescue 1, 30 Oct. 2024, https://www.firerescue1.com/firefighting-history/sound-the-alarm-the-history-and-evolution-of-fire-drills. Accessed 6 July 2025.

Hoey, Iain. “Housing report exposes the reality of sprinkler retrofitting in UK high-rises.” International Fire & Safety Journal, 3 July 2023, https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/sprinkler-retrofitting-in-uk-high-rises-falls-short/. Accessed 6 July 2025.

“Not Your Mother’s Stop Drop and Roll: Evolution of a Key Fire Safety Message.” National Fire Protection Association, 31 Mar. 2022, https://www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-and-articles/blogs/2022/03/31/not-your-mothers-stop-drop-and-roll-evolution-of-a-key-fire-safety-message. Accessed 6 July 2025.

“Protecting People Who Live or Work in High-Rises.” U.S. Fire Administration, 12 Jan. 2022, https://www.usfa.fema.gov/blog/protecting-people-who-live-or-work-in-high-rises/#header. Accessed 6 July 2025.

“Reality Check: Why don’t all high-rises have sprinklers?” BBC, 15 June 2017, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-40293035. Accessed 6 July 2025.

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Happy Friday! This week we're taking a deep dive into the flu pandemic of 1918. Some of you may know it as the Spanish Flu, but scientists believe it actually originated in America and it ultimately killed roughly 20% of the world's population.

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History.com Editors. “Spanish Flu.” History, updated 28 May 2025, https://www.history.com/articles/1918-flu-pandemic. Accessed 2 July 2025.

Humphreys, Margaret. “The influenza of 1918: Evolutionary perspectives in a historical context.” Evolution, medicine, and public health vol. 2018,1 219-229. 31 Aug. 2018, doi:10.1093/emph/eoy024, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6218637/#abstract1. Accessed 30 June 2025.

World Health Organization 2023 data.who.int, WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard > Deaths [Dashboard]. https://data.who.int/dashboards/covid19/deaths. Accessed 30 June 2025.

“1918 Influenza Pandemic (Spanish Flu).” The Cleveland Clinic, 24 Oct. 2024, https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21777-spanish-flu. Accessed 30 June 2025.

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