He kept a pet elk that reportedly died after drinking too much beer and falling down the stairs.
He famously wore a replacement made of gold and silver (though research suggests it was likely brass). The Lord of Uraniborg: A Biography of Tycho Brahe
He employed a dwarf named Jeppe as a "court jester" who Tycho believed possessed psychic powers. 🌌 A Scientific Legacy He kept a pet elk that reportedly died
Tycho’s massive data sets were the "raw gold" Johannes Kepler used to discover the laws of planetary motion. The Lord of Uraniborg: A Biography of Tycho Brahe