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Update the Forms section of README.md (#1593)

The Forms section of README.md was missing what the data fields are serialized as.
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## Forms
Submitting forms is very similar to sending [JSON](#json) requests.
Often the only difference is in adding the `--form, -f` option, which ensures that data fields are serialized as, and `Content-Type` is set to `application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8`.
Often the only difference is in adding the `--form, -f` option, which ensures that data fields are serialized as key-value tuples separated by '&', with a '=' between the key and the value. In addition `Content-Type` is set to `application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8`.
It is possible to make form data the implicit content type instead of JSON via the [config](#config) file.
### Regular forms