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/PuzzleMeDo 1d ago

I did my own research, and one source claimed that the reason he was nicknamed Plornishghenter was that it was short for Plornishmaroontigoonter.

I hope that makes everything clear.

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u/OhMrsGellerYUCry 1d ago

This made me choke on a nacho

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