An extremely rare lump of whale vomit found by a dog walker on a beach in the UK is expected to fetch 7,000 pounds at the first auction of its kind. The chunk of ambergris – a waxy rock-like substance that can prolong the scent of perfume – was found washed-up on the shore at Anglesey, north Wales, earlier this year. The ambergris, that measures 8 inches by 6 inches […]

London:  An Enigma machine, used by Germany to send encrypted communications during World War II, has fetched a whopping 149,000 pounds — more than twice its presale estimate — at an auction here.   The machine, which was constructed in 1943, is one of few that survived the conflict intact, as the German military was given orders to destroy them as it retreated.   The machine includes three rotors and […]