URL redirect after @

Firefox Development
#1

Hello,
I have a simple question that i haven’t successfully figured out:
If a type an URL like this http://www.somewebsite.com@anotherwebsite.com
Why does the browser redirect to anotherwebsite.com? I can tell that why is done intentionally but i don’t understrand why.

Thank you for your time

#2

The format http://username:password@example.com/ is used to pass user/pass.
Browser interprets the text after @ as the actual site address.

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