Check out our New Biography Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics It’s a staple of cheesy action movies and TV shows—a harebrained solution that is so outlandish the protagonists just might pull it off. “It’s just crazy enough to work,” they always say. However, plans that seem wildly implausible, but somehow manage to succeed, don’t only exist in the world of fiction. Below are 10 real-life crazy schemes, plans, and ideas that really were just wacky enough to work… →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_queue?msg=10&tab=0 - Learn more why you might want to help: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6052538 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopTenz/ Business inquiries to [email protected] Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 Weapons of the Near Future https://youtu.be/v1cn03erkiE?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnL-cPEY5RatLLt_FtJKFkNC Top 10 Amazing Vehicles of the Future https://youtu.be/4llHST2NQQs?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnL-cPEY5RatLLt_FtJKFkNC Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/10-crazy-plans-actually-worked.php Coming up: 10. Sweeping up the cash 9. Disguising embassy personnel as a film crew to sneak them out of hostile territory 8. Figuring out how to beat Press Your Luck 7. Dazzling the enemy 6. Using a nonexistent currency to bring inflation under control in Brazil 5. Pretending to be mythical vampires to quell rebellion 4. Escaping from prison… in a helicopter 3. Using lunar gravity, duct tape, and a sock to get astronauts back to Earth alive 2. Holding back the sea 1. Facilitating kidney swaps Source/Further reading: https://youtu.be/C1KNi3vVW-8 http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/24/french-thieves-use-vacuum-to-clean-out-supermarkets/ https://youtu.be/w918Eh3fij0 http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/10/12/argo_true_story_the_facts_and_fiction_behind_the_ben_affleck_movie.html https://youtu.be/V7jE5mdq6mM https://priceonomics.com/the-man-who-got-no-whammies/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28112213 https://books.google.com/books?id=TQ3BBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT41&lpg=PT41&dq=aswang+philippines+lansdale&source=bl&ots=CxE3nwBIl3&sig=K7ujodq1AoXvk8Ked57TZkDl2P4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5652W6N7UAhUHiFQKHev1B0gQ6AEITDAJ#v=onepage&q=aswang%20philippines%20lansdale&f=false http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2017/06/kaplan-mysterious-gringo-that-escaped.html https://youtu.be/xcRCBvOOMyc https://www.nasa.gov/content/members-of-apollo-13-team-reflect-on-nasas-finest-hour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods_in_the_Netherlands https://youtu.be/TlWqNX6iJ64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_Paired_Donation#cite_note-11 https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/01/30/21/48/burglar-2022159_960_720.png https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5810/22560011264_caa452552b_b.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Argo_%282012_film%29_premiere_in_Paris_Ben_Affleck_%288092905270%29.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Iran_hostage_crisis_-_Iraninan_students_comes_up_U.S._embassy_in_Tehran.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JTIuwm7GDAY/VwVgZdzrQFI/AAAAAAAAdPs/WPVt-hQ-g8Uht_mBXeMKAjd0MtoWqwAwQ/s1600/wash-connect-shreds-1.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Carter.gif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jE5mdq6mM https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Michael_Larson_PYL_board.jpg/640px-Michael_Larson_PYL_board.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OyWAJt0M4A8/hqdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nzNMCXWCZzQ/hqdefault.jpg