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Why does HashMap allow one null key?
Tests whether you know HashMap special-cases the null key by always placing it in bucket 0 (since hashCode() can't be called on null), and that only one null key can exist because a Map's keys must be unique -- a deliberate design choice, not an accident of the hashing algorithm.
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