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Learn how to wash your hands from Johns Hopkins, Gordon Ramsay, Alton Brown, and… Charo?

Yes, Charo. I saved the best for last.

Johns Hopkins

If you want to get your hands clean enough to perform surgery, follow the steps in the Anatomical Surgical Hand Scrub video by Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control:

Gordon Ramsay

He should’ve given his hand-washing lesson as if he were delivering one of his famous dressings-down to an idiot sous-chef:

Alton Brown

Not only do I steal a lot of my public speaking and presentation tricks from Alton Brown, but I also follow his science-backed cooking and cleaning advice:

Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza, a.k.a. “Charo”

If you’re at all familiar with 1970s television shows, you’ll recognize Charo, who’s still delightfully bonkers as ever. In this video, she’ll forever alter the way you pronounce “Mississippi” when counting out seconds passing, and teach you the “Cuchi cuchi” method of measuring time.

At this point, I feel that it’s necessary to remind people that beyond the broken English/deeply dippy persona, Charo is an accomplished guitarist who studied under Andres Segovia:

Joey deVilla

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