1. Clean a toilet bowl

1. Clean a toilet bowl
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It turns out Coca-Cola can clean rust spots on your toilet. The slight acidity of Coca-Cola can remove stains of all kinds.

Loo maintenance isn’t high on anyone’s list of favourite chores, but it’s essential to keep everything in working order.

Follow these tips to avoid overflows, wasted water and flushing failure.

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2. Make a BBQ sauce

2. Make a BBQ sauce
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A little Coca-Cola can add just the right flavour to a barbecue sauce.

It’s a popular ingredient to use for a barbecue sauce and make grilling a little more refreshing.

Find a recipe at Instructables.

Looking for some new barbecue recipes? Check these delicious alternatives to a boring barbie here.

3. Fertilise plants

3. Fertilise plants
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Some plants love the delicious taste of that caramel-coloured soft drink Coca-Cola.

Well, some plants like azaleas and bergenias like the light acidity of the drink in the soil.

Fertilising your lawn can be a simple task that brings great benefits however it’s surprisingly easy to get it wrong.

Get it right with these tips.

4. Clean milk stains from clothes

4. Clean milk stains from clothes
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It seems unusual that a dark cola could remove a milk stain but the claim exists.

After letting the milk stain soak in Coca-Cola for around five minutes, just throw it in the wash.

Before you throw them in the wash, make your own green cleaning products.

5. Clean eyeglasses

5. Clean eyeglasses
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Just pour some Coca-Cola over your lenses, wipe dry and repeat with water to get rid of any sticky residue.

You can clean sticky label residue off glass jars and bottles, leaving them clean and ready to reuse quickly and easily.

6. Tenderise meat

6. Tenderise meat
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Coca-Cola can do wonders in the kitchen, especially with meat. It’s acidity can tenderise meat and work as one heck of a marinade.

You can gteatly enhance the flavour of your coke marinade with these 10 kitchen herbs that are easy to grow.

7. Loosen rusty bolts

7. Loosen rusty bolts
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The little amount of phosphoric acid a can of Coca-Cola contains can produce big results with rust.

Let some Coca-Cola soak on a rusted bolt for a while and then try to remove it.

Vaseline may also come in handy. Here’s 14 uses for Vaseline that will surprise you!

8. Soothe a Jellyfish sting

8. Soothe a Jellyfish sting
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The exact healing capabilities of Coca-Cola on jellyfish stings remains a topic of debate but according to an Australian study from 1993, Coca-Cola reduced the pain and the reaction to a sting between 25 to 75 percent.

Vinegar is the best option, but who’s running around with vinegar in their bag at the beach?

9. Hair curler

9. Hair curler
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Lady Gaga popularised the look of using Diet Coca-Cola cans as hair curlers in her “Telephone” video.

The practicality remains debatable but if you’re short on Halloween costume ideas, it’s worth a shot.

10. Window cleaner

10. Window cleaner
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The Coca-Cola formula even extends into cleaning windows.

The citric acid works like other cleaning products with citrus fruit to remove smudges and streaks from windows.

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