Tycho Brahe, famed for charting the heavens with unmatched precision long before the telescope, suffered days of intense agony and became feverish and delirious

A famed astronomer suffered a horrifying death after his bladder burst during a decadent feast - stopping him from urinating and leaving him in agony.

Tycho Brahe, famed for charting the heavens with unmatched precision long before the telescope, was dining in October 1601 at the court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. According to eyewitness accounts, his famously strict table manners would not allow him to leave the feast for a “natural break.” Hours later he was doubled over in pain, his bladder unable to empty.

After returning home, Brahe suffered days of intense agony. Reports from his assistants describe him becoming feveris

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