As for bursting baldders, they say the bladder is the most stretchable organ in the human body, it would really have to blow up a LOT to burst and you would probably just pee yourself silly before that happened. Well, yes, which is why the story about Tycho is probably only a story. He did die of something that looked kidney or bladder related, but as mentioned, it was probably some form of mercury poisoning (he liked to dabble in chemistry; the theory is that he made himself some sort of medicine that was full of mercury). You're most likely to just pee yourself when the sphincter opening finally has too much pressure on it and gives way. But it's still a fun story about Tycho. And he really DID get his nose cut off in a duel over a mathematics problem! bonni

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