The death of Tycho Brahe

[Phidippides]

I had always thought that famed early modern astronomer Tycho Brahe died because he didn't want to get up and go to the bathroom, leaving him with an infection.  Turns out that is more of a legend.  This article at Discovery tells us, well, not all that much, except that researchers have ruled out mercury poisoning.

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I always thought it was Copernicus who supposedly died of a burst bladder, not Brahe.

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