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Update http_fundamentals.rst

Added some nuance to note about PUT and DELETE in modern browsers.

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`@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ delete a specific blog entry, for example:`
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`99`	`99`	`There are actually nine HTTP methods defined by the HTTP specification,`
`100`	`100`	`but many of them are not widely used or supported. In reality, many modern`
`101`		- browsers don't even support the ``PUT`` and ``DELETE`` methods.
	`101`	+ browsers only support ``POST`` and ``GET`` in HTML forms.
	`102`	+ The methods ``PUT`` and ``DELETE`` are supported in XMLHttpRequests,
	`103`	`+ which are commonly used in AJAX calls.`
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`103`	`105`	`In addition to the first line, an HTTP request invariably contains other`
`104`	`106`	`lines of information called request headers. The headers can supply a wide`

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