Under the United States Capitol, there is a series of subway trains for members of Congress and their staff to travel safely and quickly between buildings. Links and Show Notes: The Russell Senate Office subway train. Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback United States Capitol subway system - Wikipedia United States Capitol …

Since 1965, a desk in the United States Senate has been used to house and hand out candy to legislators and their staff members. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback C…

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is home to three large domes that house plant life. These things are apparently more common than we once thought. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory - Wikipedia Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory - History The Domes - Milwaukee Coun…

Cornwall is home to the Eden Project, which consists of several domes containing separate biomes, gardens, artwork, and more. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Eden…

A dispute in the 19th century explains why the state of Michigan consists of two peninsulas. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Toledo War - Wikipedia Michigan Terri…

In March of 1994, several people in West Michigan reported sightings of UFOs. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback 1994 Michigan UFO event - Wikipedia Mutual UFO Network - Wikipedia UFO report ‘vindication’ for man who tracked 1994 sightings on radar | WOODTV.com UFO Report (U.S. Intelligence) - Wikipe…

If a microwave is too high-tech for you, there are a bunch of others ways to make popcorn. Most of them have super fun names. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Unge…

This week, Myke and Stephen pop into the podcast feed to talk about the pros and cons of microwave popcorn. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Hullo: A simple, natural pillow designed for comfort. Try it for 60 days. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Microwave popcorn - Wikipedia Susceptor …

Biosphere 2 hosted just two "sealed-in" crews, both during the 1990s. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Biosphere 2 - Wikipedia Roy Walford - Wikipedia Confined env…

In Arizona stands a large glass structure built to be sealed off from the outside world to house various ecosystems. The 3.14-acre structure took almost five years to build and was used twice for its original use. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Hullo: A simple, natural pillow designed for comfort. Try it for 60 days. Links and Show Not…

It was like Pepsi, but clear. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Hullo: A simple, natural pillow designed for comfort. Try it for 60 days. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Crystal Pepsi - Wikipedia Clear craze - Wikipedia The iMac G3 Project – 512 Pixels Clearly Canadian - Wikipedia Snappl…

In the mid-1990s, Coca-Cola sold a soft drink aimed at Gen X consumers. Apparently, the company wanted to experience more pain after the New Coke fiasco in the 1980s. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a…

The holiday that has confused Americans for centuries is finally explained. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Boxing Day - Wikipedia Ungeniused #118: Black Friday - Relay FM Saint Stephen's Day -…

Your Apple Watch won't keep time for 10,000 years, but this project aims to build a clock that can. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Clock of the Long Now - Wikipe…

Over the centuries, many people have predicted when the world will end. So far, none of them have been correct. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - …

This week, the guys return to Keene, New Hampshire, to talk about the dark side of the town's jack-o'-lantern events. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Keene, New H…

Don't mess with Keene, New Hampshire. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Jack-o'-lantern - Wikipedia Myke and Adina's Jack-o'-lanterns Camp SunshineStephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

Can I help you try on this shoe? Insert your foot into this dodgy X-ray machine! This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Shoe-fitting fluoroscope - Wikipedia Fluoroscopy - Wikipedia Brannock Device - W…

Listen to this episode and share it with five of your friends, or something bad may happen. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Chain letter - Wikipedia Faxlore - Wik…

Attracting earthworms from underground is one heck of a sport. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Relay FM for St. Jude 🎈 Worm charming - Wikipedia Out of the fryin…

In the late 1960s, the grooviest place to be was a platform off the coast of Italy... for two months, anyway. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Republic of Rose Isl…

This 60-story, 790-foot skyscraper towered over Boston when it opened in 1976, and thankfully is still upright, despite some startling structural issues. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Me…

The Citicorp Center's unique design turned heads when it opened in the 1970s. Little did people know that the building was in danger of collapse until secret repairs could be made. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UNGENIUSED. Links and Show Notes: Support Ung…

“It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none — none more black.” This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Vantablack - Wikipedia Super black - Wi…

It's a gas station. It's a jerky bar. It's a set of very clean bathrooms. It's a gas station. It's a jerky bar. It's a bathroom. Are you getting it? This is not three highway stops. It's one highway stop. And they call it Buc-ee's. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using…

We've all been startled by sudden noises, but some goats take being scared to an all-new level. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UNGENIUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Fainting goat - …

It may have been a design for the lowly paper cup, but Jazz design has come to define much of the aesthetic we associate with the glory days of the 1990s. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Jazz (design) - Wikipedia Sweetheart Cup Company - Wikipedia Solo Cup Company - Wikipedia Dart Container - Wiki…

Storing nuclear waste comes with many safety challenges. One of them is keeping people away from the site... even tens of thousands of years after everyone involved is dead and gone. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Long-term nuclear waste warning messages - Wikipedia Long-term nuclear waste warnin…

Do you need to use a fork, but could also use a spoon? Get you a utensil that can do both! This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UNGENIUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Spork - Wikipedia Ung…

It's been too long since Stephen and Myke looked at some unusual sports. Today, that wrong is righted with discussions of wife-carrying, toe wrestling and mobile phone throwing. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UNGENIUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Not…

Subtitle: When the Game Goes Terribly Wrong From 1999 to 2010, Finland hosted an annual endurance contest that ultimately ended in tragedy. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submi…

In 1986, Vancouver held a World's Fair. One feature of the expo — a floating McDonald's restaurant — has made waves ever since. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UNGENIUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership …

60 years ago, a B-52 carrying two nuclear weapons crashed in North Carolina. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash - Wikipedia Boeing B-52 St…

Need to call dibs on a parking spot after you dug it out of the snow? Just grab a chair! This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UNGENIUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Need to call dibs on a parking spot after you dug it out of the snow? Just grab a cha…

On the floor of the Baltic Sea rests the remains of a crashed UFO. Or a rock. Whatever. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Baltic Sea Anomaly - Wikipedia Baltic Sea…

The 1980s were a magical time when the world enjoyed neon, disco and Betamax. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UNGENIUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Videotape format war - Wikipedia V…

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me twelve drummers drumming. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Drummer - Wikipedia Drummer (military) - Wikipedia The Little Drummer Boy - Wikipedia Marching percussion - Wikipedia…

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eleven pipers piping. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Pipe (instrument) - Wikipedia Three-hole pipe - Wikipedia Recorder (musical instrument) - Wikipedia…

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ten lords a-leaping. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Feudalism - Wikipedia House of Lords - Wikipedia Lord (Religious Users) - Wikipedia Lorde - Wikipedia Lord (band) - Wikipedia Legend of the Re…

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me nine ladies dancing. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Lady Gaga - WikipediaStephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eight maids a-milking. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Milkmaid - Wikipedia Vaccine History - WikipediaStephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me seven swans a-swimming. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Swan - WikipediaStephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me six geese a-laying. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Goose - WikipediaStephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me five golden rings. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Golden pheasant - Wikipedia Public Credit Act of 1869 - Wikipedia Black Friday (1869) - WikipediaStephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me four calling birds. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Songbird - Wikipedia Syrinx (bird anatomy) - Wikipedia Bird vocalization - WikipediaStephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me three French hens. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Faverolles chicken - Wikipedia Livestock show - Wikipedia Poultry Club of Great Britain - WikipediaStephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me two turtle doves. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Streptopelia - WikipediaStephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Partridge - Wikipedia Galliformes - Wikipedia Galliformes Pear - WikipediaStephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

First published in the 1700s, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a true holiday tradition, with people singing it worldwide each year. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) - Wikipedia Twelve Days of Christmas with Lyrics Christmas Carol & Song - YouTube The 12 Days of Christmas, Expl…

Dirty dishes deserve happiness too. This episode of Ungeniused is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UNGENIUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Support Ungeniused with a Relay FM Membership Scrub Daddy - Wikipedia About Us - Scrub Daddy The Original Scrub Daddy (Official Product Vi…