The Best Home Repair Hacks from Your Local Repairman

A Pop of Art

This handy little hack will help you spruce up your living space with some artwork in a jiffy. You can use a soda can tab to easily hang up and picture frame. Just drill a screw into the bottom half of the tab into the frame and use the top half to attach to any hook or nail onto the wall. 

Hard Water Solution

Hard water buildup is such a nuisance for homeowners, and sometimes even the most pricey commercial products don't seem to do the trick. Instead of putting out lots of dough for a plumber, just use a lemon! That's right, the citric acid in lemon helps break down the build-up if you let the lemon sit on the faucet for a few hours. 

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The More You Know

  • 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.
  • The first roller coaster was invented to stop sinful behavior.
  • An 11-year-old is responsible for naming Pluto.
  • An oyster's sex is fluid.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.