first soak and remove the label, and then brush the cylindrical part of the can over and over until all particles of dust, pieces of paper label, and, in general, all sources of contamination have been removed.
— Howard Hughes Contemporary

Billionaire, extreme OCD recluse

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Part of a staff manual Hughes wrote, detailing a nine-step process for disinfecting and washing canned peaches.

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Approx. 1950s-1970s

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Strange & Unusual

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