Ungeniused

In 1971, a man known as D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane, then parachuted to freedom with the ransom money. The case has never been solved, but new details have recently come to light concerning his possible identity and what happened that day.

Twenty years ago, a fight broke out at a basketball game that has been called "the most infamous brawl in NBA history."

In this edition of the Ungeniused Olympics: pencil fighting and skijoring.

A batch of misprinted stamps from 1918 have become infamous in the world of philately.

In the 1990s, British airwaves were taken over by a large pink character known for causing chaos and yelling his name over and over.

In 1967, the prime minister of Australia went missing.

On August 8, 2004, a tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumped 800 pounds of human waste onto an open-top passenger sightseeing boat in Chicago.

In 1957, the United States government launched a program to develop techniques to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes.

This historic theatre in London has been home to many events, the most important of which is Relay's 10th anniversary live show.

With Christmas a mere six months away, why not celebrate it again now?

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.

Since 1965, a desk in the United States Senate has been used to house and hand out candy to legislators and their staff members.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is home to three large domes that house plant life. These things are apparently more common than we once thought.

Cornwall is home to the Eden Project, which consists of several domes containing separate biomes, gardens, artwork, and more.

A dispute in the 19th century explains why the state of Michigan consists of two peninsulas.

In March of 1994, several people in West Michigan reported sightings of UFOs.

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 week, Myke and Stephen pop into the podcast feed to talk about the pros and cons of microwave popcorn.

Biosphere 2 hosted just two "sealed-in" crews, both during the 1990s.

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.

It was like Pepsi, but clear.

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.

The holiday that has confused Americans for centuries is finally explained.

Your Apple Watch won't keep time for 10,000 years, but this project aims to build a clock that can.

Over the centuries, many people have predicted when the world will end. So far, none of them have been correct.

This week, the guys return to Keene, New Hampshire, to talk about the dark side of the town's jack-o'-lantern events.

Don't mess with Keene, New Hampshire.

Can I help you try on this shoe? Insert your foot into this dodgy X-ray machine!

Listen to this episode and share it with five of your friends, or something bad may happen.

Attracting earthworms from underground is one heck of a sport.

In the late 1960s, the grooviest place to be was a platform off the coast of Italy... for two months, anyway.

This 60-story, 790-foot skyscraper towered over Boston when it opened in 1976, and thankfully is still upright, despite some startling structural issues.

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.

“It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none — none more black.”

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.

We've all been startled by sudden noises, but some goats take being scared to an all-new level.

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.

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.

Do you need to use a fork, but could also use a spoon? Get you a utensil that can do both!

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.

From 1999 to 2010, Finland hosted an annual endurance contest that ultimately ended in tragedy.

In 1986, Vancouver held a World's Fair. One feature of the expo — a floating McDonald's restaurant — has made waves ever since.

60 years ago, a B-52 carrying two nuclear weapons crashed in North Carolina.

Need to call dibs on a parking spot after you dug it out of the snow? Just grab a chair!

On the floor of the Baltic Sea rests the remains of a crashed UFO. Or a rock. Whatever.

The 1980s were a magical time when the world enjoyed neon, disco and Betamax.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me twelve drummers drumming.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eleven pipers piping.

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ten lords a-leaping.

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me nine ladies dancing.