The Onion on the researchers looking for Tycho Brahe's death

[acroyear]

Corpse Of Astronomer Tycho Brahe Exhumed | The Onion - America's Finest News Source | American Voices:

"The guy had a supposedly clairvoyant court-jester dwarf who sat under the table during dinner and a tame elk that would drink beer with you. Who gives a shit how he died? Let's celebrate his life!"

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[uncle-possum.livejournal.com]

Not to be too geeky, but this guy was also so good at astronomy that his observations are as good as they could be (even in modern times) without using a telescope. Given the stories, including the way he supposedly died (heavy overdose of drinking) this makes him an uber geek party animal. Yes, celebrate.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

unless you're Kepler, just trying to eak out evidence for a universal theory and only getting scraps or two from this drunken lout who has no idea the value of what he's generated over the decades...

or you're Brahe's wife.

:)