Tycho Brahe's Drunken Moose Story

Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe owned an estate so wealthy that his income amounted to about one percent of Denmark's total wealth. After losing part of his nose in a duel with a fellow nobleman while he was a student, he wore a prosthetic nose made of metal, maybe even gold. Brahe also kept a pet moose that attended parties at his estate, but according to a contemporary account, the animal drank too much beer at one gathering, fell down a flight of stairs, and died from its injuries.

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