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More examples and easter eggs.

Damn, this is going to be awesome!!!
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### Brace yourself!
If you are one of the people who don't like using whitespace in Python to denote scopes, you can use the C-style {} by importing,
```py
from __future__ import braces
```
**Output:**
```py
File "some_file.py", line 1
from __future__ import braces
SyntaxError: not a chance
```
Braces? No way! You better use Javascript instead.
#### 💡 Explanation:
+ The `__future__` module is normally used to provide features from future versions of Python. The "future" here is however ironic.
+ This is an easter egg concerned with the community's feelings on this issue.
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### Okay Python, Can you alter gravity?
Well, here you go
```py
import antigravity
```
**Output:**
Sshh.. It's a super secret.
#### 💡 Explanation:
+ `antigravity` module is another easter egg like `from __future__ import braces`, with a difference that it actually works.
+ `import antigravity` opens up a web browser pointing to the [classic XKCD comic](http://xkcd.com/353/) about Python.
+ Well, there's more to it. There's **another easter egg inside the easter egg**. If look at the [code](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Lib/antigravity.py#L7-L17), there's a function defined that purports to implement the [XKCD's geohashing algorithm](https://xkcd.com/426/).
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### `goto`, but why?
```py
from goto import goto, label
for i in range(9):
for j in range(9):
for k in range(9):
print("I'm trapped, please rescue!")
if k == 2:
goto .breakout # breaking out from a deeply nested loop
label .breakout
print("Freedom!")
```
**Output (Python 2.3):**
```py
I'm trapped, please rescue!
I'm trapped, please rescue!
Freedom!
```
#### 💡 Explanation:
- A working version of `goto` in Python was [announced](https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-announce-list/2004-April/002982.html) as an April Fool's joke on 1st April 2004.
- Current versions of Python do not have this module.
- Although it works, but please don't use it. Here's the [reason](https://docs.python.org/3/faq/design.html#why-is-there-no-goto) to why `goto` is not present in Python.
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### Strings can be tricky sometimes
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