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From:Ed Henckel
Date:Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:17:33 -0800

It's Friday again!
>
> Just when you thought you knew everything....
>
> To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl.  Let the
>
> "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean.  The citric acid in Coke
>
> removes stains from vitreous china.
>
> To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a
> crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
>
> To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola
> over
> the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
>
> To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the
> rusted
> bolt for several minutes.
>
> To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan; wrap
> the
> ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is
> finished,
> remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a
> sumptuous
> brown gravy.
>
> To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into a load of greasy
> clothes, add detergent, And run through a regular cycle.
>
> The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains.
> It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
>
>                 AND WE DRINK THIS STUFF!
>
>   (FYI... the active ingredient in coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is
> 2.8. it will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.)
>
> The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their
>
> trucks for about 20 years!
>
>               Drink up.

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