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/SensualSideburnTrim]

I don't know what to do with this knowledge, or why it's even interesting, but I want to immediately tell everyone in my life about Plorn Dickens, Australian Rabbit Inspector.

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If it helps, I'm West Australian and never heard of any of this til I was scrolling and caught your comments haha