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Ungeniused is a show dedicated to covering the weirdest articles found on Wikipedia and sharing knowledge you'll (probably) never be able to use in real life.
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#199: The Keene Pumpkin Festival Riots
November 14th, 2023 · 10 minutes
This week, the guys return to Keene, New Hampshire, to talk about the dark side of the town's jack-o'-lantern events.
#197: Shoe-fitting Fluoroscope
October 17th, 2023 · 14 minutes
Can I help you try on this shoe? Insert your foot into this dodgy X-ray machine!
#196: Chain Letters
October 3rd, 2023 · 11 minutes
Listen to this episode and share it with five of your friends, or something bad may happen.
#195: Worm Charming
September 19th, 2023 · 14 minutes
Attracting earthworms from underground is one heck of a sport.
#194: The Republic of Rose Island
September 5th, 2023 · 9 minutes
In the late 1960s, the grooviest place to be was a platform off the coast of Italy... for two months, anyway.
#193: John Hancock Tower
August 22nd, 2023 · 10 minutes
This 60-story, 790-foot skyscraper towered over Boston when it opened in 1976, and thankfully is still upright, despite some startling structural issues.
#192: The Citicorp Center Engineering Crisis
August 8th, 2023 · 11 minutes
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.
#191: Vantablack
July 25th, 2023 · 10 minutes
“It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none — none more black.”
#190: Buc-ee's
July 11th, 2023 · 10 minutes
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.