In 1601, 54-year-old Tycho Brahe attended a banquet in Prague, and despite really needing to use the bathroom, decided to hold it instead. A few days later, he was dead
A 16th-century Dutch mayor named Hans Staininger had the most magnificent face full of whiskers the world had ever seen — a hirsute magnificence that ultimately proved to be his undoing
Alfonso XIII of Spain had endless affairs, tons of illegitimate children (in addition to seven with his wife) and a sideline in commissioning pornography for his own private consumption
