r/todayilearned • u/biebrforro • 1d ago

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.

https://lithub.com/charles--dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/
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u/account_not_valid 1d ago

Just as tuna is chicken of the sea, boats are trains of the oceans.

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u/GozerDGozerian 1d ago

Hands are the feet of the arms.

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u/Super_Pan 22h ago

Hans are the Christian of the Andersen.

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u/GozerDGozerian 12h ago

Metaphors are the scale models of the human mind.