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Tycho Brahe's Fatal Banquet Bladder Story Retold on Anniversary
Original: OTD in 1601 Tycho Brahe refused to leave his seat at a formal banquet despite a pressing need to urinate. He died 11 day
Posts marking this day in 1601 retell the death of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who reportedly refused to leave his seat at a formal banquet despite urgent need to urinate. According to the anecdote, he died eleven days later of kidney failure. The story remains one of science history's most famous — and most debated — cautionary tales about politeness taken too far.
Why now: The anniversary of Brahe's banquet incident prompts users to share the famous anecdote each year.
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- OTD in 1601 Tycho Brahe refused to leave his seat at a formal banquet despite a pressing need to urinate. He died 11 days later, from kidney failure. https:// toilet-guru.com/blog/36.html?s =mb # history # health · bobthetraveler@mastodon.world · 1
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