Ken Wilman’s dog Madge stumbled upon a smelly yellow lump of something on the beach in England, and it didn’t look like much. When Ken got back home he naturally looked it up online, and found that it was actually a 6-pound pile of “whale vomit”, or ambergris. He ran back to get it because it turns out that it was worth up to $180,000. Why? High-end European perfumeries use it as a “fixer” which allows the scents to stay on the skin for a long time.