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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. Hosted by Stephen Hackett and Myke Hurley.

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224: A D.B. Cooper Update

Action Park claimed six lives in the 1980s. From water slides with loops to racing tracks on the sides of mountains, the amusement park's shocking history raises lots of questions about what was allowed at the time, and what people are willing to risk for a few shots of adrenaline.

1: Action Park

In mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries, large groups of people would dance in the streets. Were they sick? Was it just a form of escape? Did someone curse them?

2: Dancing Mania

History is full of people tragically killed by their own inventions. This episode is full of their stories.

4: Inventors Killed by Their Own Inventions

There's more to the Newby-McMahon Building in Wichita Falls, Texas than meets the eye.

5: The World's Littlest Skyscraper

The Hum is a phenomenon involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.

6: The Hum

In 1932, farmers in Western Australia were having their crops destroyed by a migrating emu population. Their solution? Soldiers armed with machine guns.

7: The Emu War

The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognized micronation off the coast of England with a very colorful history.

8: The Principality of Sealand

The Bermuda Triangle is a loosely-defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

9: The Bermuda Triangle

The Games of the III Olympiad were marred by exploitation, experimentation and a near-deadly marathon.

222: Two More Weird Sports

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