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TIL Danish astronomer and nobleman Tycho Brahe had a fake nose made of metal and a tame elk as his pet. When his mentor asked for the elk in exchange for a horse, Tycho replied that the elk was entertaining a nobleman. However, during dinner the elk drank a lot of beer, fell down the stairs and died

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