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What material was Tycho Brahe’s prosthetic nose made from?
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Tycho Brahe’s prosthetic nose was made of brass. While it was long believed to have been constructed from silver, an exhumation of his remains in 2010 confirmed that the material was actually brass. He began wearing the prosthetic after losing his nose in a 1566 duel with his third cousin, Manderup Parsberg.12