13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier
Hindsight is 20/20, but some people need a prescription for foresight.
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It's human nature to have bad ideas. Sometimes those ideas can actually work out unexpectedly well, but sometimes a bad idea is … just that. Here are some mistakes in history to learn from…
![A mental health facility added a tall tower BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT CRACKEDce cOM Brattleboro Retreat in 1887 added a tall tower to aid patients' health](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/9/5/760295.jpg)
Source: Atlas Obscura
![Curing rheumatism by climbing into a whale carcass AUSTRALIA In 1896, health experts suggested patients climb into beached whales for up to 30 hours,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/9/6/760296.jpg)
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![Goldfish- challenges HARVARD In 1920s, Ivy League frat boys would swallow live golfish for attention. This was a whole trend, started by one guy's $10](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/9/7/760297.jpg)
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![The U.S. once considered nuking the moon UNITED STATES CRACKEDO During the Cold War, the U.S. considered detonating a nuclear bomb in a crater to show](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/9/8/760298.jpg)
Source: Gov Tech
![Radioactive toothpaste GERMANY Doramad Rodiooktive Lahncrme CRACKEDCON Produced in 1940 to 1945, Doramad toothpaste contained small amounts of thorium](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/9/9/760299.jpg)
Source: Gizmodo
![Two rival gangs decided to have a friendly soccer match MEXICO CRACKEDG On New Years Day, 2020, the prison game resulted in 16 deaths and 5 injuries.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/0/3/760303.jpg)
Source: SportsBible
![The Australian Army started the Emu War AUSTRALIA CRACKEDCOMT In 1932, the Australian Army, armed with machine guns, unsuccessfully attempted an opera](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/0/6/760306.jpg)
Source: Scientific American
![Pepsi once owned 17 submarines and 3 warships SOVIET UNION -hie ENC:KORA NENCW-KO MENCW Schweppes NENCU-KOTIA RANES PGHOl KYPABAMH EE CRACKED In a tra](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/0/7/760307.jpg)
Source: Atlas Obscura
![Groupon rejected Google's $6 billion takeover offer CHICAGO GROUPON CRACKEDCONM I'm all in support of not selling out to a tech monopoly, but they tur](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/0/8/760308.jpg)
Source: TheStreet
![NASA forgot to convert units from English to metric. HOUSTON, TEXAS CRACKEDCON The avoidable mistake meant Mars Climate Orbiter burned up in space, co](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/1/0/760310.jpg)
Source: Wired
![A variety show told an audience of 1000 children that they had free toys. SUNDERLANND, UK CRACKED cO 183 children died in the stampede that followed,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/1/1/760311.jpg)
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
![NASA didn't listen to their engineers before the Challenger explosion. HOUSTON, TEXAS CRACKED COM Two engineers warned rubber seals would explode in t](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/1/2/760312.jpg)
Source: NPR
![Navy pilots damaged helicopters taking a Facebook photo LAKE TAHOE CRACKEDc Two pilots caused half a million dollars in damage trying to take a cool p](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/2/760432.jpg)
Source: The Atlantic