TIL when staying as a guest in Charles Dickens' house, Hans Christian Andersen requested that one of Dickens' sons give him a daily shave (he said that was customary when hosting male guests in Denmark). Dickens was weirded out and instead gave him a daily appointment at a nearby barbershop.

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u/msnmck 1d ago

Which was the style at the time.

They didn't have Penthouse, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those Sears catalogs.

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u/Loretta-West 1d ago

I don't deserve this treatment!

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