Overflow incontinence happens when your bladder gets so full that the sphincters physically give way and you pee yourself. In other words the muscle would give before the bladder ruptures. I came across a thread about Tycho’s death on Reddit and virtually no one was calling bullshit on the story that he died of a burst bladder because he was embarrassed to go to the bathroom during a banquet.

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    2 days ago

    At first I thought this was about Tycho Brahe of Penny Arcade and was genuinely confused for a minute…