October 24 in strange history
What strange thing happened on October 24? Here is the story from our files for this date, each checked against sources.
The Strange Death of Tycho Brahe (1601)
The astronomer Tycho Brahe died in Prague in October 1601, eleven days after falling ill at a banquet. Rumours of poison lasted 400 years, until his body was exhumed in 2010.