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Tycho Gets Exhumed

AristoclesAristocles Registered User new member
edited November 2010 in Debate and/or Discourse
I thought that a few people might find this interesting. Tycho's namesake, the astronomer Tycho Brahe, is being dug up and exhumed so that scientists can know how he died.

Original story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11756077

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  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Aristocles wrote: »
    I thought that a few people might find this interesting. Tycho's namesake, the astronomer Tycho Brahe, is being dug up and exhumed so that scientists can know how he died.

    Original story:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11756077
    So the idea he died by drinking too much and having his bladder explode is in doubt? I see from that BBC article that some people think he was ordered assassinated by the King for having sex with the King's mother.

    Honestly, if centuries from now that's the kind of rumours flying around about my death, I want you guys to promise you won't exhume me. There's no way my real death would be this awesome.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited November 2010
    Ah yes, the old "did he die by not pissing and his bladder bursting" controversy. That version says he was too polite to get up and piss during a very long dinner.

    The other option is mercury poisoning.

    I've been to Ven during several summers. Amazing little island. I've visited the ruins of both his observatories there.

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  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Echo wrote: »
    Ah yes, the old "did he die by not pissing and his bladder bursting" controversy. That version says he was too polite to get up and piss during a very long dinner.

    Well being "polite" around a king who has power of life and death over everyone and can take impoliteness personally is kinda important. Doubly so if it's true that he was boning the king's mom.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited November 2010
    And let's not forget the guy lost his nose in a duel and spent the rest of his life with a metal nose.

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  • JokermanJokerman Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Tycho Brahe's metal nose is a great name for a band.

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  • jakobaggerjakobagger LO THY DREAD EMPIRE CHAOS IS RESTORED Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Echo wrote: »
    I've been to Ven during several summers. Amazing little island. I've visited the ruins of both his observatories there.

    It's Hven, you imperialist!

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  • AristoclesAristocles Registered User new member
    edited November 2010
    I really hope it wasn't mercury. The bladder story is so much more interesting.

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