Strange apache behavior when trying to display urls without html extension

Question

I have a url that is easily accessible when you request it as:

    http://example.com/2005/01/example.html

    or

    http://example.com/2005/01/example

(I really don't know why it works without an extension, instead it should return a regular 404 error.)

However, when I try to access the following URL:

    http://example.com/2005/01/example/
    (note the trailing slash)

I get a 404 Not found error, but with the requested URL printed as:

    http://example.com/2005/01/example.html/

So it seems that the ".html" part has been automatically added by apache.

: ? , mod_rewrite, html, URL :

    http://example.com/2005/01/example/

apache 2.2.9 Ubuntu 8.10.

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

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