12 Extremely Weird Yet Effective Solutions To Problems
Why go with the obvious solution when you can go with a strange, complicated one instead?
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The simplest solution is often the best. But for all the other times, the weirdest, most elaborate solution can be the most effective. Here are 12 times simplicity just wasn't the answer.
![THE PROBLEM TRIP WIRES AROUND BOMBS THE SOLUTION The U.S. military started spraying Silly String to detect the presence of trip wires during the Iraq War. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/0/780380.jpg)
Source: CBS News
![THE PROBLEM PASSENGER WAIT TIME THE SOLUTION After customer complaints about luggage wait time, a Houston airport moved arrival gates farther from baggage claim. Complaints stopped. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/9/780379.jpg)
Source: NY Times
![THE PROBLEM LACK OF SUNLIGHT THE SOLUTION An Italian village went 84 days each year without sunlight, until they created a 26-foot mirror to reflect light into their valley. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/7/780377.jpg)
![THE PROBLEM SNEAK TIGER ATTACKS THE SOLUTION To stop fatalities while in the jungle of the Ganges Delta, people wore masks on the back of their heads ... and found it completedly prevented attacks for three years. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/6/780376.jpg)
![THE PROBLEM CHOKING DOLPHINS THE SOLUTION A Chinese aquarium hired the world's tallest man to clear the blockage by sticking his long arm down the dolphins' throats. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/4/780374.jpg)
![THE PROBLEM BICYCLE THEFT THE SOLUTION Boston helped cut bike theft in one station from five per month to one by installing a cardboard cut-out of a Transit Police officer. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/3/780353.jpg)
Source: CBS Boston
![THE PROBLEM BEAVER OVERPOPULATION THE SOLUTION Idaho solved their beaver problem by sending beavers parachuting out of to under-beaver-populated areas. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/2/780352.jpg)
![THE PROBLEM SEWAGE BLOCKAGE THE SOLUTION In the 1850s, Paris sent big balls of iron rolling through the sewers to clear blockage. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/4/780354.jpg)
![THE PROBLEM SEWER BLOCKAGE THE SOLUTION Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, ordered everyone to flush their toilets at the same time to create enough water pressure to clear the drains. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/8/780378.jpg)
![THE PROBLEM RAIN FOREST DEFORESTATION THE SOLUTION An OJ manufacturer dumped their industrial waste, 12,000 tons of orange peels, to successfully reforest a barren area. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/1/780351.jpg)
![THE PROBLEM LITTER AT A THEME PARK THE SOLUTION A theme park in France trained birds to pick up cigarette butts and other rubbish. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/0/780350.jpg)
Source: BBC