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They had to remove a little easter egg in the net/http library to fix a bug on RasPi: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/38785/

Prioritise your use-cases dude! I don't think this "bug" needed to be fixed.

I mean if the RPi were running a space probe, the thing would unblock, long long before it got to its destination in a galaxy far, far away.

What is the significance of Wed, 25 May 1977 18:00:00 GMT? I don't get how that's an easter egg?

Star Wars A New Hope release date. The constant was called aLongTimeAgo.