TIL Hans Christian Andersen was obsessed with masturbating. The author of The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen put a mark in his diary every time he masturbated. In spite of this, he died a virgin.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/jan/18/theatre.classics



Submitted January 24, 2015 at 09:20AM by Banatepec http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2thbga/til_hans_christian_andersen_was_obsessed_with/