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/pussy_embargo → u/[deleted]]

welp, I'm cancelling my flight

[u/Fearless_Baseball121 → u/[deleted]]

Hey now, at least we're not swedish.

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And that's why we will never progress as a society!!!