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Decoded diary points to distant cousin as Tycho Brahe's killer

Jan 17, 09 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Seminal Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe died in 1601 of mercury poisoning, a demise that funeral orators called "unexpected" and modern scholars are calling murder, Der Spiegel reports. As they plan to exhume Brahe's body, one specialist says he has uncovered the killer's diary: "It contains the details... More »

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