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Ship-Shape and Bristol Fashion is an old maritime term that refers to maintaining your ship in good working order. It is now a common phrase referring to keeping yourself healthy and in good order.

Alan Smithee is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project. Coined in 1968 and used until it was formally discontinued in 2000, it was the sole pseudonym used by members of the Directors Guild of America.

Although often misquoted, it is believed the phrase references Plutarch's essay On the Tranquility of Mind, in which part of the essays Moralia states: "Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, "Is it not worthy of tears," he said, "that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?"

Alan Smithee is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project. Coined in 1968 and used until it was formally discontinued in 2000, it was the sole pseudonym used by members of the Directors Guild of America.

Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia and Egypt.

My Lovely Horse, Running Through the Fields... In the episode "A Song for Europe", Father Ted and Dougal enter the 1996 Eurosong Contest by writing new words for a Norwegian entry and trying to pass off as their own.

In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Greeks during the Trojan War.

Pyrrhus was a Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house, and later he became king of Epirus.

Helen of Troy, was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. She was believed to have been the daughter of Zeus and Leda, and was married to King Menelaus of Sparta. Her abduction by Paris of Troy was the most immediate cause of the Trojan War.

Odysseus was a legendary hero in Greek mythology, king of the island of Ithaca and the main protagonist of Homer's epic, the “Odyssey.” The son of Laertes and Anticlea, Odysseus was well known among the Greeks as a most eloquent speaker, an ingenious and cunning trickster.

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer. He lived in the city of Alexandria in the Roman province of Egypt, under the rule of the Roman Empire.

Hippocrates of Kos, also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician of the Age of Pericles, who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine, the father of the Hippocratic Oath.

Homer is the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature.

Plato was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the originator of the Atlantis myth, and he rules.

Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than or contemporary with those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides.

Plutarch, later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, was a Greek biographer and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He is classified as a Middle Platonist. Plutarch's surviving works were written in Greek, but intended for both Greek and Roman readers.

Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought.

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He was the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition. Along with his teacher Plato, he has been called the "Father of Western Philosophy".

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire. He is known for having written the book The Histories, a detailed record of his "inquiry" on the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars.

"Soon May the Wellerman Come" is a well-known whaling song. Originating in New Zealand, the song frequently refers to the "wellermen", supply ships owned by the Weller Brothers. The song was first published in a book of New Zealand folk songs in 1973.

Five of the greatest explorers of the South Pole.

Several British Southern Polar Expeditions.

Atlantis is a mythological island mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations. In the story, Atlantis is described as a naval empire that ruled that ruled all Western parts of the known world. After an ill-fated attempt to conquer "Ancient Athens," Atlantis falls out of favour with the deities and sinks into the Atlantic Ocean.

The Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie, is a creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

In North American folklore, Bigfoot or Sasquatch are said to be hairy, upright-walking, ape-like creatures that dwell in the wilderness and leave footprints.

The Lake Champlain Monster, also known as Champ, is a legendary creature said to inhabit Lake Champlain, a 125-mile-long body of fresh water shared by New York and Vermont, with a portion extending into Quebec, Canada. The legend of the monster has been around since the early 17th century, with the first reported sighting by French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1609.

Alien are lifeforms that originated from outside of Earth's atmosphere.

The Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie, is a creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

99% of all life's mysteries can be explained away by swamp gas or Venus.

Mothman, in West Virginian folklore, is a humanoid creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area from November 15, 1966, to December 15, 1967.

In North American folklore, Bigfoot or Sasquatch are said to be hairy, upright-walking, ape-like creatures that dwell in the wilderness and leave footprints.

Bob Lazar is an American man who claims to have been hired in the late 1980s to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial technology.

The kraken is a legendary cephalopod-like sea monster of gigantic size in Scandinavian folklore. According to the Norse sagas, the kraken dwells off the coasts of Norway and Greenland and terrorizes nearby sailors.

In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, is from William Shakespeare's play Henry V.

Paul Revere was a silversmith in colonial Boston. He's famous for his midnight ride to warn colonists about the British troops who were poised to attack. “Noise!” cried Revere, “You’ll have noise enough before long. The regulars are coming out!” According to tradition, John Hancock, who was still awake, heard Revere’s voice and said “Come in, Revere! We’re not afraid of you”. He entered the house and delivered his message.