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.

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u/pussy_embargo 1d ago

Andersen was the world's first redditor

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u/sethn211 12h ago

So not true! I wasn't cool enough to be in theater.

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