Which famous 16th century figure lost part of himself at a Christmas party and also had a pet elk?

peasypod

You must mean Tycho Brahe....and his shnoz. Dec 21 04, 9:59 PM

eytank

Peasy, thanks for mentioning the word shnoz. I was so curious about what that meant so I looked up Tycho Brahe. What an unusual story. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Brahe.html Dec 21 04, 10:06 PM

gmackematix

You won that "yay" by a nose, Peasy. Take a breather to read more on the subject: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a980717a.html Dec 22 04, 2:27 AM

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