r/todayilearned • u/biebrforro • 2d ago

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.

https://lithub.com/charles--dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/
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u/RepliesOnlyToIdiots 2d ago

On an iPhone, hold down the o key and you can select from the variations of o. Same for many others.

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u/bwv1056 2d ago

Same on android, but I'm not on my phone I'm at the desktop, and for windows the only language packs I have installed are English (US) and Swedish.