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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite Python quirk? by jordigh on Saturday June 18, 2016 @09:42AM (#11928551)
There's a nice list here:

https://github.com/cosmologicon/pywat

Here's another one. Compare "x = 256; y = 256; x is y" with "x = 257" (enter) "y = 257" (enter) "x is y" with "x = 257; y = 257; x is y". It makes a difference whether x and y are assigned on the same line or not. From here:

http://glasnt.com/blog/2016/05/28/on-language-oddities.html

Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite Python quirk? by wampler on Saturday June 18, 2016 @09:45AM (#11928566)
Thanks for sharing!