Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe

Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe who owned roughly 1% of all the money in Denmark, wore a nose made of gold after losing his own in a duel. He also had a pet moose that he sent out to attend parties in his place until it one night when it got so drunk that it fell down a flight of stairs and broke its neck.

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