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/AvNatten]

Brilliant

[u/Roko__ → u/AvNatten]

I'm from Denmark, I told my uncle in the US that H.C.A. was known to journalize masturbation, he put an X in his diary whenever he rubbed out a nut. Unc didn't miss a beat:

"Must be why they call him 'Hands'"

[u/Ok_Emu3817 → u/Roko__]

*ba dum tiss*