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{{DidYouKnow}} generates a list of 8 facts randomly chosen from the facts module. Non-admins can suggest new hooks or changes at Module:DidYouKnow/facts/editcopy. The sequence of facts depends on the current day and the size of the facts array. Purging a page should refresh the output. This is the output for today:

... that the type of boat bought by fisherman villagers depends on their biome outfit?
... that there is a splash that is never displayed on the main menu?
... that ghasts only notice the player when they're about the same height as the player?
... that the obsidian pillars of the End extend through the island all the way down to Y level 0?
... that many stone-type slabs take slightly longer to mine than than their full-block counterparts?
... that the Bedrock Edition data values page of this wiki is referenced in Bedrock Edition source code?
... that besides wool and glass, white carpets and glass panes can also be dyed directly?
... that the belief that enderman sounds are English words played backwards is just speculation?

All facts

... that Minecraft was originally called "Cave Game "?
... that the Farther Lands existed before Java Edition Beta 1.8?
... that it is theoretically impossible for the head of a piston to fit inside its body in Java Edition?
... that the old texture for cobblestone is taken from Notch's unfinished game RubyDung?
... that C418's skin is the Steve skin, but with a jukebox head?
... that MC-4 is the oldest bug report that is still standing?
... that there was a hoax announcement about a Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device by Mojang?
... that some of the textures have signatures and credits in unused spaces?
... that the music disc "11" is exactly 1:11.111 long, emits power level 11 via comparator, and displays a Steve face and the text "12418" ("C418") at the end when viewed through a spectrogram?
... that there is a splash that is never displayed on the main menu?
... that in Minecraft Education and education-enabled Bedrock Edition, combining two units of the same chemical compound in a lab table still produces failed effects?
... that when in third-person view, the player appears to throw eyes of ender from their feet?
... that when the ambient sound 14 is put into a spectrogram, it appears to be a creeper face?
... that getting pushed by flowing water drains the player's hunger bar?
... that in Legacy Console Edition, breaking a damaged anvil and placing it again would completely repair it?
... that before Java Edition 1.8, chainmail armor used to be crafted from fire?
... that creepers were originally based on a failed pig model?
... that most of the ambience in the crimson forest was made with balloons?
... that the ghast sounds are actually sounds C418's cat makes when it is disturbed while sleeping?
... that in Java Edition, a game crash can be forced by holding F3+C for 10 seconds?
... that feeding a cookie to a parrot kills it, because chocolate is poisonous to real-life parrots?
... that cookies don't have any sugar in their crafting recipe?
... that in Java Edition, there is a 0.01% chance that the main menu displays "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft"?
... that before the release of the bug tracker, bugs were originally reported on this wiki?
... that the End's original biome name was "Sky"?
... that there is a 10⁻¹⁰% (one in a trillion) chance of an end portal being activated upon generation?
... that the player's inventory can hold up to 999 stacks with 63,936 items using shulker boxes?
... that endermen see end stone as bluish cobblestone?
... that a dropped nether star cannot be destroyed by explosions, and in Bedrock Edition never despawns?
... that diamond blocks can generate in woodland mansions in secret rooms?
... that the first 3 tracks of Minecraft - Volume Alpha are connected together?
... that naming a vindicator "Johnny" causes it to attack any nearby mobs?
... that Minecraft: The Movie was originally going to be directed by Shawn Levy, the executive producer of Stranger Things?
... that leather armor can be dyed in 12,326,391 different ways?
... that Java Edition 1.13 was originally going to be called "Technically Updated" before it was combined with the Update Aquatic?
... that Java Edition 1.3.1 was the last major update to not have an official name?
... that February 29, 2020 was the first leap day to not have an update released?
... that from 12w19a to 13w01a, there existed a cocoa pod textured like a dragon egg?
... that as of The Wild Update, there are 9⁸ (43,046,721) different ways to craft a chest, note block, or jukebox?
... that there are 2⁶⁴ (18,446,744,073,709,511,616) possible world seeds?
... that rabbits can also be bred with dandelions besides carrots?
... that there is no music played in the warped forest biome?
... that hoglins are afraid of nether portals and respawn anchors?
... that Bedrock Edition is written in the programming language C++?
... that walking and sneaking do not increase the food exhaustion level?
... that climbing up scaffolding costs the same exhaustion level as jumping up every block?
... that when saturation is not at zero, health regenerates much faster in Java Edition than in Bedrock Edition?
... that the normal jump height of the player is 1 ¼ blocks, instead of 1?
... that the player automatically stops sprinting after 30 seconds?
... that villagers made no sounds until Java Edition 1.6.1, almost two years after their introduction?
... that cakes were added as a response to Minecraft winning the 2010 Indie of the Year Awards?
... that the original iron sword texture was taken from Notch's abandoned game Legend of the Chambered?
... that the Nether's original biome name was "Hell"?
... that bastion remnants cannot generate in the basalt deltas biome?
... that despite the size of the ghast, it can be trapped in a minecart?
... that before Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4, the sun and the moon rose in the north and set in the south?
... that villagers can sleep in beds in the Nether and the End, when it is night time in the Overworld?
... that dead bushes and spore blossoms are the only non-renewable plant-like blocks?
... that the sound of a minecart falls into the category of "friendly creatures"?
... that in Java Edition, wither skeletons are the only mobs that can spawn inside wither roses?
... that red dye can also be crafted from beetroots?
... that cobblestone takes slightly longer to mine than stone?
... that strongholds try to generate under village meeting points in Bedrock Edition?
... that the nearest 3 strongholds are on average twice as far in Java Edition than in Bedrock Edition?
... that the top textures of grass block, dirt, sand, stone, netherrack, bedrock and TNT are randomly rotated?
... that signs and banners cannot be pushed by pistons in Java Edition?
... that the obsidian pillars of the End extend through the island all the way down to Y level 0?
... that there are exit gateways randomly generated across the outer islands in the End?
... that maps can be used normally in the End?
... that grass blocks take slightly longer to mine than dirt?
... that chorus flowers can be harvested by shooting an arrow at it, and the arrow is not consumed?
... that iron hoes can instantly break leaves?
... that stone hoes can instantly break moss blocks?
... that golden pickaxes can instantly break netherrack and nylium?
... that almost all paintings are based on actual paintings by artist Kristoffer Zetterstrand?
... that light gray stained glass pane is almost invisible in the inventory in Java Edition?
... that in Bedrock Edition, using an Overworld locator map in the Nether (and vice versa) shows the player's corresponding location between the two dimensions?
... that the pattern of slime chunks are always the same regardless of world seed in Bedrock Edition?
... that the Channeling enchantment works on non-mob entities such as boats, minecarts and armor stands?
... that in Java Edition, a blaze has the exact same hitbox size as the player?
... that end rods can be crafted using blaze rods and popped chorus fruits?
... that smooth stone's existence was originally an unintentional side effect of other slab types, but was eventually officially reimplemented due to player demand?
... that the first version of Minecraft was created in just 6 days?
... that the belief that enderman sounds are English words played backwards is just speculation?
... that fishing in Minecraft is slower when the bobber is not directly under the sky?
... that the Nether was originally proposed to be called "The Nexus" or "The Slip"?
... that TNT slabs existed once, but only as an April Fools prank?
... that endermen originally dropped diamonds?
... that if endermen have no blocks to teleport to when projectiles fly to them, they reflect the projectiles?
... that there was hoglin meat as an unused texture in Bedrock Edition?
... that before rotten flesh was added, zombies used to drop feathers?
... that endermen are the only mobs that spawn in all 3 dimensions?
... that nether portals once could be spawned by pressing F4?
... that iron ingots take place in the most amount of crafting recipes in the game?
... that planks take place in the second highest amount of crafting recipes in the game?
... that crying obsidian was originally planned to set the spawn point, but beds were added instead?
... that ender dragons and withers are unable to go through portals?
... that the type of boat bought by fisherman villagers depends on their biome outfit?
... that one can afford a stack of arrows from a fletcher villager by selling it just 16 logs' worth of sticks?
... that unlike other horse armor, leather horse armor has a crafting recipe?
... that leaves placed by the player never decay?
... that dungeons are the earliest added generated structures that still exist in the game today?
... that the contents of an ender chest is stored as part of the player's own data?
... that buried treasure chests are always facing east?
... that buried treasure chests always generate in the same location in a chunk?
... that the player can jump and climb up vines even if they are not attached to blocks?
... that besides wool and glass, white carpets and glass panes can also be dyed directly?
... that there are armor stands equipped with iron armor in taiga villages?
... that water and lava used to spread infinitely?
... that the only place to find bamboo outside the jungle biomes is a shipwreck?
... that passengers of boats take no fall damage?
... that when used correctly, boats can be used to skip over lava?
... that dolphins can lead the player to shipwrecks if the player feeds them raw cod or raw salmon?
... that one can use dye on a sheep to continuously obtain colored wool?
... that basalt is generated when lava is above soul soil and next to blue ice?
... that soul soil can be renewably obtained through soul campfires?
... that bamboo is the fastest growing plant in Minecraft?
... that furnace minecarts are fully functional in Java Edition, but only exist as an unused texture in Bedrock Edition?
... that there was an unused texture for a wax block in the Buzzy Bees update?
... that there was an unused texture for crystallized honey in the Buzzy Bees update?
... that soul fire inflicts twice as much damage as normal fire?
... that endermen originally had green eyes before they were officially added?
... that when wool was added in Classic, it was called "cloth"?
... that before leather was added in Alpha, "leather armor" used to be called "cloth armor", and crafted using cloth?
... that wool in Classic had a different color pallette?
... that before Java Edition Beta 1.7, TNT was activated by punching it?
... that creepers initially had a melee attack, and exploded only when it is killed?
... that it takes 1 minute and 14 seconds to slide down 256 honey blocks?
... that pistons are based off of a Minecraft mod made by Hippoplatimus?
... that fletching table is the only villlager job site block that has no use for the player?
... that for April Fools 2014, every player got their skin changed to a villager?
... that there are four unused paintings?
... that the Overworld logs are the only blocks that can be used as both input and fuel in furnaces?
... that crimson and warped planks cannot be crafted into boats?
... that bats do not drop anything, not even experience orbs?
... that iron golems and snow golems can be leashed?
... that planks were added before logs?
... that mobs do not try to walk over rails?
... that the sounds of dolphins and pandas are taken from the actual real-life animals?
... that a stack of coal blocks can fuel a furnace for over 42 Minecraft days?
... that the textures of prismarine and sea lanterns are animated?
... that the orange terracotta symbols on the outside of desert pyramids resemble the Ankh, the Ancient Egyptian symbol for life?
... that the igloo is the earliest added structure to contain signs, trapdoors, beds, and carpets?
... that honey bottles are the only drinkable item that can stack and restore hunger?
... that nether bricks is the only block that has both a wall and a fence variant?
... that buried treasure is the smallest generated structure in the game, containing only a chest?
... that in Java Edition, fishing rods can pull items?
... that for a coding contest, Notch made Minecraft 4k, a version of Minecraft less than 4 kibibytes in size?
... that the beacon's texture went through five different designs before its current appearance?
... that although the texture of the bedrock block changed in the Texture Update, the bedrock portion of the end crystal stayed the same?
... that the old spawn eggs for the various fish in Bedrock Edition were supposed to look like actual fish eggs?
... that in Pocket Edition Demo/Lite, the name of the player was "Stevie" instead of "Steve"?
... that the range of the note block both starts and ends at the note F♯?
... that Notch had planned to make a video announcing "Minecraft 4D" for April Fools' 2010 but ran out of time due to moving into a new home?
... that smooth sandstone is more blast resistant, and takes longer to mine than normal sandstone?
... that smooth quartz blocks are more blast resistant, and takes longer to mine than normal quartz blocks?
... that beacon beams can go through bedrock?
... that drowneds are completely passive during daytime to players outside water or in a boat?
... that many stone-type slabs take slightly longer to mine than than their full-block counterparts?
... that polished blackstone takes slightly longer to mine than normal blackstone?
... that hoglins are afraid of warped fungi, even if they are in flower pots?
... that all variants of dirt can be converted to dirt path using a shovel?
... that dirt paths can be tilled with a hoe to create farmland?
... that dirt paths take longer to mine than any other block mined with a shovel?
... that snowballs and ender pearls have the exact same range when thrown?
... that in Java Edition, mobs inside boats and minecarts do not despawn?
... that by using bone meal on a moss block, then composting all the foliage created, one gains a profit on bone meal?
... that stone mason villagers can sell dripstone blocks, a stack at a time?
... that bees can pollinate flowering azalea and flowering azalea leaves?
... that axolotls can only be bred with buckets of tropical fish?
... that slimes and magma cubes cannot spawn in 2-block-high areas?
... that bone meal can be used on the seabed of warm oceans to create coral and coral fans?
... that cooked salmon has the same nutritional value as cooked mutton?
... that shears enchanted with Efficiency II can instantly break vines?
... that shears enchanted with Efficiency V can instantly break wool?
... that unlike normal glass, tinted glass can be retrieved with bare hands?
... that pillagers and crossbows were inspired by Minecraft Dungeons, even though they were added in the base game first?
... that precious blocks like beacons, conduits and shulker boxes can be retrieved by hand?
... that the carved pumpkin used to build a snow golem can be retrieved by using shears on the golem?
... that turtles drop a bowl when killed by lightning?
... that observers can detect the opening and closing of barrels, but not that of chests?
... that glow squids can only spawn in complete darkness?
... that lava cauldrons do not set fire to flammable blocks around them?
... that golems and withers can be built horizontally or upside-down?
... that the Frost Walker enchantment creates a special type of ice known as frosted ice?
... that baby pandas have a 0.1% chance to drop a slimeball when they sneeze?
... that 4 times as much cut copper can be obtained from copper blocks using a stonecutter?
... that it snows above certain altitudes in taiga, stony shore, old growth taiga and windswept hills biomes?
... that in frozen ocean biomes, it rains in some locations and snows in others?
... that arrows used to be crafted with iron ingots rather than flint?
... that an axolotl removes a player's Mining Fatigue if the player helps it defeat a mob?
... that a beacon takes the same amount of time to break, with or without a tool?
... that a melon slice and a glistering melon slice are facing opposite directions?
... that since 1.18.0, it is impossible to obtain wood without using the bonus chest in Bedrock Edition flat worlds?
... that the Bedrock Edition data values page of this wiki is referenced in Bedrock Edition source code?
... that ender dragons cannot destroy iron bars?
... that the chicken in a chicken jockey does not lay eggs, but can still be bred with regular chickens?
... that there is a 1 in 256 chance for a thrown egg to spawn 4 baby chickens?
... that honey bottles can be used to cure Poison?
... that dark forests, old growth taigas and bamboo jungles are almost guaranteed to have lush caves underneath them?
... that lush caves never generate below forests, plains and savannas?
... that a magma cube monster spawner can be disabled using as little as 9 solid blocks?
... that striders, magma cubes and blazes take extra damage from powder snow?
... that skeletons turn into strays after staying in powder snow for a while?
... that dripstone caves are never found near oceans?
... that dripstone caves are more likely to be found far away from oceans?
... that deep dark biomes are more likely to be found beneath mountainous areas?
... that wardens are less than 1 block wide?
... that mud is slightly shorter than a full block, but doesn't slow down movement like soul sand does?
... that the type of frog that eats a tiny magma cube determines the color of froglight that drops?
... that the color of a frog depends on the temperature of the biome it grows up in?
... that unlike other leaves, mangrove leaves do not drop saplings?
... that mangrove trees can be grown underwater?
... that during its development, reinforced deepslate used to be pushable by pistons?
... that allays cannot be hurt by the player that gives it an item?
... that pointed dripstone does not need a dripstone block above it to fill a cauldron with lava, or to convert mud into clay?
... that nether portals can be deactivated by using a water or lava bucket inside the frame?
... that bamboo cannot be composted?
... that poisonous potatoes are intentionally designed to be uncompostable?
... that brown mushrooms emit a light level of 1?
... that spiders can climb walls because they are programmed to treat the sides of blocks as ladders?
... that fish, axolotls and tadpoles can be renamed by catching them in buckets and renaming them in an anvil?
... that an ancient city contains a secret redstone tutorial lab in the center?
... that sculk sensors do not produce any sound if they are waterlogged, but can still detect vibrations?
... that sculk can replace the surface materials of most biomes in all three dimensions?
... that only naturally generated sculk shriekers can spawn wardens?
... that ancient cities always generate at the same Y-level of -51?
... that ancient cities contain skeleton skulls that can otherwise only be obtained from charged creeper explosions?
... that bamboo can be instantly broken with any type of sword?
... that ghasts only notice the player when they're about the same height as the player?
... that besides nether fortresses, nether wart can also be found in some bastion remnants?
... that besides amethyst geodes, calcite can also be found in stony peaks biomes?
... that horses can be led across rivers using a golden carrot or golden apple?
... that lightning rods prevent lightning from spawning skeleton trap horses?
... that 16 blocks of end stone under the exit portal regenerate each time the ender dragon is re-summoned?
... that end stone takes the exact same amount of time to break as deepslate?
... that baby piglins never grow up?
... that piglins get angry at a player that opens a chest only when they can see the player?
... that piglins can hear a player break chests and gold-related blocks behind walls?
... that pandas can only be bred if there is enough bamboo planted near them?
... that besides bamboo, pandas also eat cakes?
... that lush caves is the only cave biome that can generate beneath oceans?
... that deep dark biomes never generate under oceans, rivers and swamps?
... that besides oak and birch trees, mangrove trees also have a chance of growing bee nests?
... that from Indev 0.31 20100201-2, flint and steel could be dropped by mobs until flint was introduced in Indev 20100219?
... that lava's animated texture used to be darker?
... that cactus used to be a full block?
... that the first test recipe had an apple in the top right corner to make an arrow?
... that logs used to break faster than stone until Indev 20100219?
... that the Nether's original in-game name was The Slip?
... that tnt could be prevented from detonating by punching it again when detonated, but only in 0.30 (Survival)?

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