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Crete (Krete), Greece

Crete, sometimes spelled Krete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the Greek island closest to North Africa. Tourist attractions in Crete include archeological sites at Knossos, Phaistos, Gortys and many other places, the Venetian castle in Rethimno, the Samaria Gorge and many other minor gorges (Agia Irini, Aradena, etc). Crete was the location of the Minoan civilization (ca. 3000–1400 BC), one of the first civilizations in Europe.

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Tha Alkoholiks, Captain Hook (Censored Lyrics)

But not that n-gga named Captain Hook
Cause he's the type of rapper, that's always worried bout his looks

Worried about his looks? Really? Captain Hook is actually a character from the James Barrie novel Peter Pan. In most of this stories' adaptations he is portrayed as a rather sinister looking person. And Captain Hook has lost his right hand to a crocodile, to be replaced with a metal hook. Need I say that this is not very flattering to one's appearance?

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Jimi Hendrix, 1983 A Merman I Should Turn To Be

So my darling and I make love in the sand
To salute the last moment ever on dry land
Our machine, it has done it's work, played it's part well
Without a scratch on our body when we bid it farewell
Starfish and giant foams greet us with a smile

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What are Starfish

Sea stars or starfish are animals belonging to phylum Echinodermata, class Asteroidea. The names sea star and starfish are also used for the closely related brittle stars, which make up the class Ophiuroidea. They exhibit a superficially radial symmetry, typically with five or more "arms" protruding from a central body (pentaradial symmetry). In fact, their evolutionary ancestors are believed to have had bilateral symmetry, and sea stars do have some remnant of this body structure.

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Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Louis Antoine de Bougainville (November 11, 1729–August 31, 1811) was a French navigator and military commander. Bougainville was born in Paris, France, the son of a notary. In early life, he studied law, but soon abandoned the profession, and in 1753 entered the army in the corps of musketeers. At the age of twenty-five he published a treatise on the integral calculus, as a supplement to De l'Hôpital's treatise, Des infiniment petits.

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Roxy Music, Avalon

Then I see you coming
Out of nowhere
Much communications in a motion
Without conversation or a notion

Avalon

Avalon is a legendary island somewhere in the British Isles, supposedly where Jesus visited the British Isles with Joseph of Arimathea and in other myths the burial place of King Arthur.

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