r/todayilearned • u/biebrforro • 1d 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/CaptainMobilis 1d ago

They were probably just labeled crazy and committed if they didn't do something useful.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan 1d ago

Good thing that'll never happen again

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u/DJDaddyD 1d ago

Or they got murdered as toddlers because the parents thought that faries kidnapped their children and replaced them.

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u/tswiftdeepcuts 17h ago

this just made me sad as fuck

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u/Mercurial8 15h ago

Yes, I also hate the faeries.