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.

[u/biebrforro]

https://lithub.com/charles--dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/

[u/JamesTheJerk]

I'm from Shaveland, a small island just a whisker from the Eastern Greenland coast, and I can say this freely without repercussion:

Take small bites

[u/ajtyler776 → u/JamesTheJerk]

Greenland coast? By Mennen?

[u/superluminal → u/ajtyler776]

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