They heard so much detailed policy, and there's all kinds of reasons for that, but it's also not unusual.

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This came as a blow, not only to the satellite owners, but also to families who had paid for an unusual payload: a burial canister with the cremated remains of 43 people.

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But it also suggested that not all gun control was unconstitutional, particularly a ban on "dangerous and unusual weapons", such as machine guns.

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Its properties are so useful and unusual that it is used not only to create the base layer of skis, but also to make bulletproof jackets and artificial hip and knee joints.

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