The Best Home Repair Hacks from Your Local Repairman

A Better Flush

Water pressure might be to blame if your toilet seems to always need a second flush. If the tank is refilling slowly you also could have a pressure issue. To remedy this, you just need to locate the water valve behind the toilet. Turn the valve counterclockwise until your hand stops, and your toilet should be back in business.

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The More You Know

  • Abraham Lincoln was a wrestling champion.
  • Roughly 600 Parisians work at the Eiffel Tower each day.
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • Parts of the Great Wall of China were made with sticky rice.
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