The Best Home Repair Hacks from Your Local Repairman

A Stripped Solution

During your DIY projects, there's probably been a time that you dealt with a stripped or stubborn screw. To loosen these difficult ones, place a rubber band on the surface of the screw. This will help your screwdriver or drill have more grip and will eventually loosen the screw from its place. 

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The More You Know

  • The Guinness brewery supported all of it's employees who chose to fight in WW1. They were paid half of their wages while away, and their jobs were guaranteed upon their return. The brewery also sent them care packages containing chocolate and condensed milk.
  • To keep small cords organized, try this handy hint: Fill a shoe box with as many empty toilet paper rolls that will fit vertically; then place a single small cord in each tube. It'll keep your cords free of tangles and in one place.
  • Coca-Cola once bought all the website URLs that can be read as ahh, all the way up to 62 h’s.
  • A species of squid has been observed to leap from the ocean by using pressurized water jets to achieve flight, going as far as 98 feet!
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