Ambergris is a waxy substance sometimes found in the digestive system of a sperm whale — and it can be worth millions.Perfumes famously employ ingredients like exotic flowers, delicate oils, and citrus fruits to produce a compelling scent. They also sometimes use a lesser-known ingredient called ambergris.
Though ambergris may conjure up images of something beautiful and soft, it’s something totally different. Commonly referred to as “whale vomit,” ambergris is an intestinal slurry that comes from the guts of sperm whales. Read More...
The first known American to undergo gender confirmation surgery, Christine Jorgensen became a culture icon in the 1950s.Christine Jorgensen never intended to be a celebrity. But in 1952, she became famous overnight after undergoing sex reassignment surgery in Denmark. She was America’s first known trans woman to have the procedure, and she initially wanted to keep her surgery private.
Though Jorgensen only told her family members and close friends about her plans, someone leaked her story to the press, and before she knew it, she was on the front page of the New York Daily News. Read More...
This is what it looked like when American soldiers liberated Dachau concentration camp, freeing tens of thousands of prisoners in April 1945. Silent footage taken by the Allies of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp. On April 29, 1945, freedom finally came to tens of thousands of Holocaust victims who were trapped in southern Germany’s Dachau concentration camp. That day, U.S. troops marched in and liberated Dachau, what was the first and longest-running concentration camp of the Nazi regime. Read More...
