I'm Mike Volo from Lexicon Valley. What do you know about toast?

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When Lexicon Valley, we dig into the etymology, history, and usage of words and phrases that, for better or worse, define

our lives.

With many unexpected stops along the way.

Take toast.

That journey goes from a public bath in England to the Ghostbusters franchise.

And six, seven, from the violent genre of drill rap to your middle schoolers math class.

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Why do rivers curve?

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