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  "createdAt": "2025-04-20T09:48:34.513Z",
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  "text": "In German there is a phrase which is \"I only understand train station\" (Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof) which is similar to \"It's all Greek to me\" in English.\n\nIt comes from WWI, where soldiers would be sent home via train. They would say that to their commanders to beg for a discharge from the front"
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