He Was Able to Pull Out the Gold Bar! People Who Beat the System... - YouTube

There are people out there with some seriously  genius-level IQ. Big brain experts that think  

outside of the box and find amazing new ways  of doing things. They’re masters at finding  

loopholes and exploiting them for their own  benefit. But these aren’t necessarily criminals,  

these clever individuals mostly work within the  rules. They’ve just figured out a way to beat the  

system at its own game. Ready to meet the people  living in the year 3021? Let’s get it on!  

Found in a museum in Japan lies the ultimate  carnival trick. Inside a transparent,  

perspex box you can find a 12 kilogram solid gold  ingot worth over $650,000. Cut into the side of  

the clear plastic is a small hole that’s only  fractionally bigger than a person’s forearm. It’s  

also positioned high enough to make manoeuvring  the ingot somewhat difficult. Despite this,  

through a combination of hand contortions,  phenomenal finger strength and pure determination,  

there have been a few who have figured  out a way to beat this seemingly  

impossible challenge. Unfortunately,  these geniuses don’t get to keep the gold,  

instead, winners are given a gold- plated card  worth around $40. Consolation prize I guess.  

We’ve all played the claw machine game at the  arcade, with varying success. It doesn’t seem to  

matter how perfect your timing and positioning,  the game just seems rigged against you. Even  

if you get a good grip on a fluffy toy, the claw  always gives out right before reaching the chute.  

It’s not impossible, but often a $2 prize can cost  you $50 in failed attempts. This leads to people  

inventing ingenious ways to level the playing  field. In this case, magnets, strong enough to  

attract the metal in the toy through the  glass to claim her prize. Brilliant!  

In the world of celebrity and social media  influencers, sometimes you have to fake it  

till you make it. This is especially true  for Josh Pieters, a London-based YouTuber  

who pulled off an incredible look alike prank that  fooled hundreds at a boxing match in LA. In 2019,  

Josh hired Ty, an Ed Sheeran doppelganger from  Manchester and flew him out to the US to attend  

an exhibition boxing match between KSI and  Logan Paul. Josh and Ty received VIP treatment,  

with many fans asking for photos with the fake  celebrity. One British newspaper even ran an  

article about Sheeran’s attendance at the event!  While they might have fooled everyone there,  

the internet wasn’t so convinced. If you’re not confident of your skills on  

the old claw machine game, there are other ways  to beat the system. Of course you should never  

repeat what you see, but at some point, you gotta  be impressed with their out-of-the-box thinking.  

Or should I say, in the box.. This first video was  filmed in Taiwan and our video’s protagonist is  

a fairly grown man. Grown-up and very flexible  by the looks of it, and oh… he seems to really  

like toys. Looks like this guy can bend every part  of his body. It's unbelievable how he could come  

up with something like that, but in the end he  achieved his goal. However it's not just adults  

who seem to be able to do this. Sometimes even  little innocent kids give it a go, like the child  

in this clip. That's one way to do it I guess  if you don't suffer from claustrophobia.  

If you want to master the claw machine  game, you need at least three things. An  

understanding of physics, some good luck  and a whole lot of quarters. But there’s  

something else that all classic fighter games  will know all too well. The art of the button  

mash. Sometimes just hitting every button as  fast and as randomly as possible can trigger  

the most intense super-combos. Kind like how  this guy swivels the claw to create speed,  

eventually hooking his prize perfectly. Ever since getting fired from his job at a  

shoe store, Frenchman Rémi Gaillard decided he  would dedicate his life to crafting elaborate  

pranks that involved infiltrating famous  sports teams by impersonating players,  

inserting himself in the celebrations. He managed  to join in the post-match party when Lorient won  

the 2002 Coupe de France Final, cheering with the  players and even getting a handshake from the then  

French president, Jacques Chirac! But it  was his 2015 Volleyball World Cup prank that  

really takes the cake. Rémi dressed as a French  volleyballer, descended unnoticed from the stands,  

just as the winning French side was getting  ready for their team photo. The comedian  

slipped in seamlessly and was immortalized in the  official team photo! The ultimate photobomb.  

Bill Gates once famously said, “I choose  a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a  

lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”  There’s a lot of truth in that, especially in  

the back-breaking world of construction. Why tire  yourself over something a machine can do faster?  

This worker discovered that not all jobs require  a sacrifice of your knee ligaments, especially if  

you have someone on hand to operate the machinery.  Why work hard when you can hardly work?  

In the summer of 2017, temperatures in  the UK soared past records set since 1976.  

Several boys from the Isca Academy in Devon  asked if they could wear shorts to combat the  

extreme heat. Teachers promptly shut down  their request stating that shorts weren’t  

part of the official uniform policy. When the  boys pointed out that girls could wear skirts,  

the teachers jokingly said if the boys wanted to  wear skirts, they were free to do so. And with  

that a rebellion was born. Up to 30 boys turned  up in their sister’s tartan skirts to protest the  

policy. They got relief from the heat and forced  the school to rethink its uniform rules.  

While we can never condone theft or robbery,  sometimes you just gotta sit back and admire the  

cunning audacity of some smooth criminals. Like  this guy who's just asked this Rolex clerk if he  

can look at a $16,000 ring under natural light.  She’s agreed and they stand out the front of the  

door while he pretends to admire its sparkling  qualities. Then, as she goes to usher him back  

inside, he casually walks off like nothing even  happened. It takes half a minute for the clerk  

to realize she’s been robbed. Thankfully he was  caught soon after and justice was served.  

Landscaping and lawncare is a great job if  you want to stay fit and get out in the great  

outdoors. There’s a lot of walking involved.  Long lines pushing the lawnmower or line trimmer  

up and down the sidewalk. It’s exhausting work!  Fortunately, there are some gardeners out there  

living in the year 3021. Either that or they  can’t afford a real ride-on mower. Either way,  

you gotta give a hand to this guy who figured  out how to get his work done in half the time  

while having a little fun too. In 2018, the internet was set ablaze  

when an anonymously posted photo of Justin Bieber eating a horizontally-held burrito went viral on  

the mildly infuriating Subreddit. Two distinct  questions would emerge. Was this really Justin  

Bieber and do some people really eat burritos this  way? It appears the second question mattered to  

people the most as everyone seemed to accept that  this was quintessential Beebs’ homeless fashion.  

It turns out it was a staged PR stunt  by popular YouTube channel Yes Theory  

and their video exposing their prank has since  racked up 21 million views and counting.  

There’s nothing more frustrating than missing out  tickets to your favourite concert or sports match.  

Whether it’s sold out or you’re no longer welcome,  getting inside is just impossible for some people.  

Just like in the case of Turkish football fan,  Ali Demirkaya. For reasons unknown, Ali has  

been banned from attending matches at Denizli  Atatürk stadium, so he came up with a solution  

that didn’t involve trespassing. Irregular Ali  as he’s nicknamed, rented a crane, parking it  

outside the stadium to hoist himself up and enjoy  the match. The diehard fan waved flags and led  

chants as he marvelled at his own evil genius. I’m  thinking a disguise would have been easier.  

I hate to be the one who  says it but; Once you pop,  

you can’t stop. This is especially true for this  half-writer-half-crazy inventor who was frustrated  

at his low pringle-per-minute eating rate while  working. Rather than sacrificing precious working  

time or pringle volume, he’s created an ingenious  hands-free chip-feeding contraption to satisfy  

those mid-paragraph cravings. Now his only  problem is reloading the empty tins.  

Sometimes boredom can inspire the most painfully  useless comical inventions. There’s the mouth  

curtains, hand crocs and let’s not forget the  iPhone lens wiper. But for you avid golfers with  

office jobs, you can now putt at work to your  heart's content. You never have to worry about  

climbing under the desks of your co-workers  to retrieve your wayward balls ever again.  

Introducing the Putting Rod. We’re not exactly  sure why, but if fidget spinners exist,  

this should be super popular. There’s no doubt that amusement parks are  

frustrating. There’s overpriced tickets, long ride  queues and more Karen’s than I can possibly count.  

Despite this, as parents you always want to give  your children that exciting thrill of a roller  

coaster at full speed. So if your little one isn’t  quite tall enough to ride the monster coasters,  

what’s the next best thing? A virtual-reality  ride featuring a big screen and Dad mimicking  

the cart’s movements for extra realism.  Let’s just hope there’s no loop-the-loops.