*Sample* | 1-Hour History of Pearls – Part 1 [up to 1500 AD]: Origins, Pearl Diving, Alexander The Great, Julius Caeser, Cleopatra, Aphrodite, Botticelli, Christopher Columbus, & Elizabeth Taylor | Learn, Relax, Sleep (Bonus Episode #56)
Calm History - Bedtime Sleep Stories for Education & Relaxation (By A Real Person; Not AI)
Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network
4.4 • 891 Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another bonus episode of Calm History, an extra treat for my Soak Plus members. |
| 0:10.0 | This is part one of the history of pearls. To be open, I only intended this to be a one-episode topic, but I kept finding interesting |
| 0:25.6 | things about pearls. So get ready for a two-part, Perlapalooza. In this first part, I'll go back |
| 0:37.1 | 500 million years ago to explain the origins of pearls. |
| 0:43.3 | I'll tackle the hot topic. |
| 0:45.3 | Is a pearl a stone, a birthstone, a gemstone, a gem? |
| 0:53.3 | Some of these? all of these, or none of these. |
| 1:01.0 | I'll describe the origins of pearl diving and the odds of finding a pearl. |
| 1:09.0 | I'll tell you all about the world's oldest pearl necklace. |
| 1:14.4 | And I'll also tell you fascinating stories about pearls that include Alexander the Great, |
| 1:22.0 | Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Pliny the Elder, Aphrodite, Botticelli, |
| 1:31.7 | Christopher Columbus, Rupert the Pirate, and Elizabeth Taylor. |
| 1:40.5 | Okay, time to lean back, put up your feet, and settle into my time machine of tranquility. |
| 1:50.5 | I hope this episode distracts and relaxes your overactive brain squirrels. |
| 1:59.0 | The History of Pearls, Part 1. |
| 2:04.3 | Around 500 million years ago, a new type of shellfish began to appear on the earth. |
| 2:12.3 | It had a hard shell that was somewhat similar to Welk, Nautilus, conk, and snail shells. |
| 2:23.2 | But this new shellfish had an important difference from these other shellfish. |
| 2:30.2 | Oh, wait, you didn't know that all snails are shellfish? |
| 2:36.0 | Yeah, me neither. |
| 2:39.0 | I had to look it up. |
| 2:41.0 | Anyway, in contrast to conchs, welks, and snails, this new shellfish didn't have a single spiral-shaped shell. |
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