Why won't Firefox open a web page if there's an apostrophe in the URL?

When I click on a link and the underlying URL contains punctuation, specifically an apostrophe, I get a page not found error. Both Safari and Chrome handle these URLs seamlessly.

If it is a server-side problem, why do I have no difficulty when I use Safari? It is difficult for me to argue with them that it is THEIR problem, if the problem exists only for Firefox users. I have seen others comment on it recently also. It seems to me that Firefox needs to change something to allow a link with an apostrophe to resolve properly.
Thanks for your response, but it does not solve anything.

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