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Urantia Book

The Urantia Book is a 2,097-page religious text published anonymously in Chicago in 1955. It calls Earth “Urantia” and explains God, human history and the life of Jesus through 196 papers attributed to an extensive hierarchy of celestial beings. Its origins centre on psychiatrist William Sadler and an unidentified man who reportedly delivered communications while asleep; no human author was ever named. The book combines Christian theology with cosmology, philosophy and elaborate descriptions of inhabited worlds, superuniverses and their management. It is less a scripture than an administrative manual for infinity.

Unarius Academy of Science

Unarius Academy of Science is an organization that purports to advance a new interdimensional science of life, based upon fourth-dimensional physics principles.

Ugland House

Ugland House is a building located in the capital of the Cayman Islands. The building is the registered office address for 18,857 entities and has for years been linked by American politicians to tax evasion.

Udumbara

The udumbara flower is said in Buddhist legend to bloom only once every 3,000 years, the last time being before the birth of Buddha.

Urs Fischer

Urs Fischer is a witty macho artist.

Ubari

Ubari is an oasis city in southwestern Libya.

Stu Ungar

Stu Ungar was a professional poker and gin rummy player, widely regarded to have been the greatest Texas hold 'em and gin rummy player of all time. Ungar was infamous for his arrogance and for routinely criticizing aloud the play of opponents he felt were beneath him—which included just about anyone. One of Ungar's most famous quotes sums up his competitiveness: "I never want to be called a 'good loser.' Show me a good loser and I'll just show you a loser." Ungar's genius-level IQ and eidetic memory. contributed to his blackjack abilities, which were so sharp that he was frequently banned from playing in casinos; he was eventually unable to play blackjack in Las Vegas or anywhere else.

Undulatus asperatus

Undulatus asperatus is a rare, newly recognized cloud formation, that was proposed in 2009 as the first cloud formation added since cirrus intortus in 1951 to the International Cloud Atlas.

Unit 731

Unit 731 was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II. It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese personnel.

Underwater hockey

The British Navy invented underwater hockey in the 1950's to keep their divers fit and to improve their ability to move and work efficiently under water.

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