The Best Home Repair Hacks from Your Local Repairman

Bumbling Bed Frame

If you've got a bed frame that likes to be a little loud with squeaks and creaks, there's a way to fix that. Move the mattress so you can find the source of the sound. Once you have it, rub a candle over the point, making sure the candle is wax. It should stop the noise!

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The More You Know

  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
  • Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
  • Next time you oversalt a soup, toss in a few wedges of raw apple or potato. Simmer for 10 minutes and discard the wedges to get the flavor back to normal.
  • More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.
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