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− | "[[Minecraft]] was originally called \"Cave Game\"", |
+ | "''[[Minecraft]]'' was originally called \"''Cave Game'' \"", |
− | "[[Far Lands#Farther Lands|the Farther Lands]] existed before [[Java Edition Beta 1.8]]", |
+ | "[[Java Edition Far Lands/Infdev 20100327 to Beta 1.7.3#The Farther Lands|the Farther Lands]] existed before [[Java Edition Beta 1.8]]", |
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− | "a [[compass]] and a [[clock]] can be viewed without crafting it by just placing the required items into the crafting table", |
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− | "the sounds for [[endermen]] are actually English words, but pitch-shifted, reversed, and distorted", |
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+ | "[[mojira:MC-4|MC-4]] is the oldest bug report that is still standing", |
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− | "<span class=\"bug plainlinks\" data-id=\"MC-4\">[https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-4 MC-4]</span> is the oldest bug report that is still standing", -- 10/11/2018 |
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+ | "when in [[third-person view]], the [[player]] will appear to throw [[Eye of Ender|eyes of ender]] from their feet", |
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+ | "standing on a floating [[boat]] will drain the [[Hunger|hunger bar]] if the boat was moved", |
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− | "standing on a floating [[boat]] will drain the [[hunger bar]] if the boat was moved", |
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"[[creeper]]s were originally based [[Creeper#History|on a failed pig model]]", |
"[[creeper]]s were originally based [[Creeper#History|on a failed pig model]]", |
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+ | "most of the [[Ambience#Crimson Forest ambience|ambience]] in the [[Crimson Forest|crimson forest]] was made with balloons", |
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− | "the [[ghast]] sounds are actually sounds [[C418]]'s cat makes when it is disturbed while sleeping", |
+ | "the [[ghast]] sounds are actually sounds [[Daniel Rosenfeld|C418]]'s cat makes when it is disturbed while sleeping", |
− | "in [[Java Edition]], a game crash can be forced by holding <kbd>F3</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> for 10 seconds", |
+ | "in ''[[Java Edition]]'', a game crash can be forced by holding <kbd>F3</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> for 10 seconds", |
"feeding a [[cookie]] to a [[parrot]] will kill it", |
"feeding a [[cookie]] to a [[parrot]] will kill it", |
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− | "there is a 0.01% chance that the [[ |
+ | "in ''[[Java Edition]]'', there is a 0.01% chance that the [[Menu screen#Minceraft|title screen]] will display \"Minceraft\" instead of \"Minecraft\"", |
− | "before the release of the bug tracker, bugs were originally reported on [[Issues |
+ | "before the release of the [[bug tracker]], bugs were originally reported on [[MCW:Issues|this wiki]]", |
− | "[[the End]]'s original biome name was \"Sky\"", |
+ | "[[the End]]'s original [[biome]] name was \"Sky\"", |
− | "there is a 10<sup>−10</sup>% chance of an [[end portal |
+ | "there is a 10<sup>−10</sup>% (one in a trillion) chance of an [[end portal]] being activated upon generation", |
− | "the player's inventory can hold up to 999 stacks with 63,936 items using [[shulker |
+ | "the player's [[inventory]] can hold up to 999 stacks with 63,936 items using [[Shulker Box|shulker boxes]]", |
− | "[[endermen]] see [[end stone]] as [[cobblestone]]", |
+ | "[[Enderman|endermen]] see [[End Stone|end stone]] as bluish [[cobblestone]]", |
− | "[[nether star]] |
+ | "a [[Item (entity)|dropped]] [[Nether Star|nether star]] cannot be destroyed by [[explosion]]s, and in [[Bedrock Edition]] will never despawn", |
− | "up to two [[diamond block]]s can generate in [[woodland mansion]]s", |
+ | "up to two [[Block of Diamond|diamond block]]s can generate in [[Woodland Mansion|woodland mansion]]s", |
− | "the first 3 tracks of [[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]] are connected together", |
+ | "the first 3 tracks of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'' are connected together", |
− | + | "[[Name Tag|naming]] a [[vindicator]] \"Johnny\" will cause it to attack any nearby [[mob]]s", |
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− | + | "''[[Minecraft: The Movie]]'' was originally going to be directed by [[wikipedia:Shawn Levy|Shawn Levy]], the executive producer of ''[[wikipedia:Stranger Things|Stranger Things]]''", |
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− | + | "leather armor can be [[Dye#Dyeing armor|dyed]] in 12,326,391 different ways", |
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− | + | "[[Java Edition 1.13]] was originally going to be called \"Technically Updated\" before it was combined with the [[Update Aquatic]]", |
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+ | "[[Java Edition 1.3.1]] was the last major update to not have an official name", |
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+ | "February 29, 2020 was the first leap day to not have an update released", |
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+ | "from [[Java Edition 12w19a|12w19a]] to [[Java Edition 13w01a|13w01a]], there existed a [[Cocoa Beans|cocoa pod]] textured like a [[Dragon Egg|dragon egg]]", |
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+ | "as of the [[Nether Update]], there are 16,777,216 different ways to craft a [[chest]], [[Note Block|note block]], or [[jukebox]]", |
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+ | "there are 2<sup>64</sup> (18,446,744,073,709,511,616) [[Seed (level generation)|seeds]] in ''[[Java Edition]]'', but only 2<sup>32</sup> (4,294,967,296) seeds in [[Bedrock Edition]]", |
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+ | "[[rabbit]]s can also be [[Breeding|bred]] with [[dandelion]]s besides [[carrot]]s", |
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+ | "there is no [[music]] played in the [[Warped Forest|warped forest]] biome", |
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+ | "[[hoglin]]s are afraid of [[Nether portal]]s", |
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+ | "[[Bedrock Edition]] is written in the programming language [[wikipedia:C++|C++]]", |
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+ | "[[walking]] and [[sneaking]] do not increase the [[Hunger#Exhaustion level increase|food exhaustion level]]", |
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+ | "climbing up [[scaffolding]] costs the same [[Hunger#Exhaustion level increase|exhaustion level]] as [[jumping]] up every block", |
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+ | "when [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]] is not at zero, [[health]] regenerates much faster in ''[[Java Edition]]'' than in [[Bedrock Edition]]", |
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+ | "the normal [[jump]] height of the player is 1 ¼ blocks, instead of 1", |
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+ | "[[villager]]s made no sounds until [[Java Edition 1.6.1]], almost two years after their introduction", |
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+ | "[[cake]]s were added as a response to ''Minecraft'' winning the [[2010 Indie of the Year Awards]]", |
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+ | "the original [[Sword|iron sword]] texture was taken from [[Markus Persson|Notch]]'s abandoned game ''[[Legend of the Chambered]]''", |
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+ | "[[the Nether]]'s original [[biome]] name was \"Hell\"", |
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+ | "[[Bastion Remnant|bastion remnant]]s cannot generate in the [[Basalt Deltas|basalt deltas]] biome", |
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+ | "despite the size of the [[ghast]], it can be trapped in a [[minecart]]", |
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+ | "before [[Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4]], the [[sun]] and the [[moon]] rose in the north and set in the south", |
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+ | "[[villager]]s can sleep in [[bed]]s in [[the Nether]] and [[the End]], when it is night time in the [[Overworld]]", |
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+ | "the [[Dead Bush|dead bush]] is the only [[non-renewable resource|unrenewable]] plant-like block", |
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+ | "the sound of a [[minecart]] falls into the category of \"friendly creatures\"", |
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+ | "in ''[[Java Edition]]'', [[Wither Skeleton|wither skeleton]]s are the only [[mob]] that can spawn inside [[Flower|wither rose]]s", |
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+ | "[[Red Dye|red dye]] can also be [[Red Dye#Crafting|crafted]] from [[beetroot]]s", |
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+ | "[[cobblestone]] takes slightly longer to [[breaking|mine]] than [[stone]]", |
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+ | "[[stronghold]]s try to generate under [[village]] meeting points in [[Bedrock Edition]]", |
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+ | "the nearest 3 [[stronghold]]s are on average twice as far in ''[[Java Edition]]'' than in [[Bedrock Edition]]", |
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+ | "the top textures of [[Grass Block|grass block]], [[dirt]], [[sand]], [[stone]], [[netherrack]], [[bedrock]] and [[TNT]] are randomly rotated", |
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+ | "[[sign]]s and [[banner]]s cannot be pushed by [[piston]]s in ''[[Java Edition]]''", |
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+ | "the [[End spike|obsidian pillars]] of [[the End]] extend through the island all the way down to [[altitude|Y level 0]]", |
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+ | "there are [[End gateway#Generation|exit gateways]] randomly generated across the [[The End#Outer Islands|outer islands]] in [[the End]]", |
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+ | "you can use [[maps]] normally in [[the End]]", |
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+ | "[[Grass Block|grass block]]s take slightly longer to [[breaking|mine]] than [[dirt]]", |
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+ | "[[Chorus Flower|chorus flowers]] can be harvested by shooting an [[arrow]] at it, and the arrow is not consumed", |
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+ | "[[Hoe|iron hoe]]s can [[Hoe#Harvesting|instantly break]] [[leaves]]", |
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+ | "almost all [[painting]]s are based on actual paintings by artist [[Kristoffer Zetterstrand]]", |
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+ | "light gray stained [[Glass Pane|glass pane]] is almost invisible in the [[inventory]] in ''[[Java Edition]]''", |
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+ | "in [[Bedrock Edition]], using an Overworld [[Map#Player marker and pointer|locator map]] in [[the Nether]] (and vice versa) shows the player's corresponding location between the two [[dimension]]s", |
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+ | "the [[bedrock]] pattern in [[the Nether]] is the same regardless of [[Seed (level generation)|world seed]]", |
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+ | "the pattern of [[Slime#\"Slime chunks\"|slime chunks]] are always the same regardless of [[Seed (level generation)|world seed]] in [[Bedrock Edition]]", |
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+ | "the [[Channeling]] enchantment works on non-mob entities such as [[boat]]s, [[minecart]]s and [[Armor Stand|armor stand]]s", |
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+ | "in ''[[Java Edition]]'', a [[blaze]] has the exact same [[Hitbox#Entity|hitbox]] size as the [[player]]", |
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+ | "[[End Rod|end rod]]s can be crafted using [[Blaze Rod|blaze rods]] and [[Popped Chorus Fruit|popped chorus fruit]]s", |
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+ | "[[Smooth Stone|smooth stone]]'s existence was originally an unintentional side effect of other [[slab]] types, but was eventually officially reimplemented due to player demand", |
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+ | "the first version of ''Minecraft'' was created in just 6 days", |
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+ | "the belief that [[enderman]] sounds are English words played backwards is just speculation", |
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+ | "[[fishing]] in ''Minecraft'' is slower when the bobber is not directly under the sky", |
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+ | "[[the Nether]] was originally proposed to be called \"The Nexus\" or \"The Slip\"", |
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+ | "[[Etho Slab|TNT slabs]] existed once, but only as an April Fools prank", |
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+ | "[[enderman|endermen]] originally dropped [[diamond]]s", |
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+ | "if [[enderman|endermen]] have no blocks to [[Teleportation|teleport]] to when projectiles fly to them, they reflect the projectiles", |
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+ | "there was [[Bedrock Edition unused features#Hoglin Meat|hoglin meat]] as an unused texture in [[Bedrock Edition]]", |
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+ | "before [[Rotten Flesh|rotten flesh]] was added, [[zombie]]s used to drop [[feather]]s", |
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+ | "[[enderman|endermen]] are the only mobs that spawn in all 3 [[dimension]]s", |
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+ | "[[Nether portal]]s once could be spawned [[Java Edition Alpha v1.2.2|by pressing <kbd>F4</kbd>]]", |
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+ | "[[Iron Ingot|iron ingot]]s take place in the most amount of crafting recipes in the game", |
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+ | "[[planks]] take place in the second highest amount of crafting recipes in the game", |
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+ | "[[crying obsidian]] was originally planned to set the spawn point, but [[bed]]s were added instead", |
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+ | "[[Ender Dragon|ender dragon]]s and [[wither]]s are unable to go through [[portal]]s", |
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+ | "the type of [[boat]] bought by fisherman villagers [[Boat#Trading|depends on their biome outfit]]", |
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+ | "you can afford a stack of [[arrow]]s [[Trading#Fletcher|from a fletcher villager]] by selling it the equivalent of just 16 [[log]]s", |
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+ | "unlike other horse armor, leather horse armor has [[Horse Armor#Crafting|a crafting recipe]]", |
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+ | "[[leaves]] placed by the player never decay", |
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+ | "[[dungeon]]s are the earliest added [[generated structures]] that still exist in the game today", |
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+ | "the contents of an [[Ender Chest|ender chest]] is stored as part of [[Ender Chest#Inventory|the player's own data]]", |
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+ | "[[Buried Treasure|buried treasure]] chests are always facing east", |
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+ | "[[Buried Treasure|buried treasure]] chests always generate in the same location in a [[chunk]]", |
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+ | "you can [[jump]] and climb up [[vines]] even if they are not attached to blocks", |
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+ | "you can use less [[dye]] to make [[carpet]]s from white [[wool]] by converting the wool to carpets first", |
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+ | "there are [[Armor Stand|armor stand]]s equipped with iron [[armor]] in [[taiga]] [[village]]s", |
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+ | "[[water]] and [[lava]] used to spread infinitely", |
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+ | "the only place to find [[bamboo]] outside the [[jungle]] biomes is a [[shipwreck]]", |
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+ | "in ''[[Java Edition]]'', players in [[boat]]s take no fall damage", |
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+ | "when used correctly, [[boat]]s could be used to skip over [[lava]]", |
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+ | "[[dolphin]]s can lead you to [[shipwreck]]s if you feed them [[Raw Cod|raw cod]] or [[Raw Salmon|raw salmon]]", |
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+ | "you can use [[dye]] on a [[sheep]] to continuously obtain colored [[wool]]", |
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+ | "[[basalt]] is generated when [[lava]] is above [[Soul Soil|soul soil]] and next to [[Blue Ice|blue ice]]", |
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+ | "[[bamboo]] is the fastest growing plant in ''Minecraft''", |
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+ | "[[Minecart with Furnace|furnace minecarts]] are fully functional in ''[[Java Edition]]'', but only exist as an unused texture in [[Bedrock Edition]]", |
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+ | "there was an [[History of textures/Unused textures#Wax block|unused texture for a wax block]] in the [[Buzzy Bees]] update", |
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+ | "there was an [[History of textures/Unused textures#Crystallized honey texture|unused texture for crystallized honey]] in the [[Buzzy Bees]] update", |
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+ | "[[Fire|soul fire]] inflicts twice as much damage as normal fire", |
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+ | "[[Enderman|endermen]] originally [[:File:Enderman JE1.png|had green eyes]] before they were officially added", |
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+ | "[[wool]] was added in [[Java Edition Classic|Classic]] and it was called \"cloth\"", |
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+ | "[[wool]] in [[Java Edition Classic|Classic]] had a different color pallete", |
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+ | "before [[Java Edition Beta 1.7]], [[TNT]] was activated by punching it", |
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+ | "[[creeper]]s initially had a melee attack, and exploded only when it is killed", |
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+ | "it takes 1 minute and 14 seconds to slide down 256 [[Honey Block|honey blocks]]", |
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+ | "[[piston]] is based of a ''Minecraft'' [[Mods|mod]] made by Hippoplatimus", |
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+ | "[[Smithing Table|smithing table]] is the only crafting station that can only craft one specific type of item", |
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+ | "for [[Easter eggs#2014|April Fools 2014]], every player got their [[skin]] changed to a [[villager]]", |
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+ | "there are [[Bedrock Edition unused features#Paintings|four unused painting]]s in [[Bedrock Edition]]", |
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+ | "[[Blue Ice|blue ice]] emits a [[Light#Light-emitting blocks|light level]] of 4 in [[Bedrock Edition]]", |
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+ | "the Overworld [[log]]s are the only blocks that can be used as both input and fuel in [[furnace]]s", |
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+ | "[[bat]]s do not drop anything, not even [[Experience|experience orbs]]", |
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+ | "[[Iron Golem|iron golem]]s and [[Snow Golem|snow golem]]s can be [[Lead#Leashing mobs|leashed]]", |
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+ | "[[planks]] were added before [[log]]s", |
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+ | "[[mob]]s do not try to walk over [[Rail (disambiguation)|rail]]s", |
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+ | "the sounds of [[dolphin]]s and [[panda]]s are taken from the actual real-life animals", |
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+ | "a stack of [[Block of Coal|coal blocks]] can [[smelting|fuel]] a furnace for over 42 ''Minecraft'' days", |
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+ | "the texture of [[Sea Lantern|sea lantern]]s is animated", |
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+ | "[[plains]] biomes can generate as patches within a [[Dark Forest|dark forest]]", |
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+ | "the orange [[terracotta]] symbols on the outside of [[desert pyramid]]s resemble the Ankh, the Ancient Egyptian symbol for life", |
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+ | "[[igloo]] is the earliest added [[generated structures|structure]] to contain [[sign]]s, [[trapdoor]]s, [[bed]]s, and [[carpet]]s", |
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+ | "[[Honey Bottle|honey bottle]]s are the only drinkable item that can stack and restore hunger", |
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+ | "[[Nether Bricks|nether bricks]] is the only block that has both a [[wall]] and a [[fence]] variant", |
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+ | "[[Buried Treasure|buried treasure]] is the smallest [[generated structures|generated structure]] in the game, containing only a [[chest]]", |
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+ | "[[Fishing Rod|fishing rods]] can pull [[Item (entity)|items]]", |
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+ | "for a coding contest, [[Markus Persson|Notch]] made ''[[Minecraft 4k]]'', a version of ''Minecraft'' less than 4 kilobytes in size", |
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+ | "the [[beacon]]'s texture went through five different designs before its curent appearance, making it the most changed block texture in the game", |
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+ | "although the texture of the [[bedrock]] block changed in the [[Texture Update]], the bedrock portion of the [[End Crystal|end crystal]] stayed the same", |
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+ | "the [[Spawn Egg|spawn egg]]s for the various [[fish]]es in [[Bedrock Edition]] were supposed to look like actual fish eggs", |
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+ | "in [[Pocket Edition]] Lite, the name of the player was \"Stevie\" instead of \"Steve\"", |
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+ | "the range of the [[Note Block|note block]] both starts and ends at the note F♯", |
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+ | "[[Markus Persson|Notch]] had planned to make a video announcing \"Minecraft 4D\" for [[Easter eggs#2010|April Fools' 2010]] but ran out of time due to moving into a new home" |
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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 Education Edition 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 will appear 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 standing on a floating boat will drain the hunger bar if the boat was moved?
- ... that in Legacy Console Edition, breaking a damaged anvil and placing it again would completely repair it?
- ... that 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 will kill it?
- ... that in Java Edition, there is a 0.01% chance that the title screen will display "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 will never despawn?
- ... that up to two diamond blocks can generate in woodland mansions?
- ... that the first 3 tracks of Minecraft - Volume Alpha are connected together?
- ... that naming a vindicator "Johnny" will cause 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 Nether Update, there are 16,777,216 different ways to craft a chest, note block, or jukebox?
- ... that there are 264 (18,446,744,073,709,511,616) seeds in Java Edition, but only 232 (4,294,967,296) seeds in Bedrock Edition?
- ... 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?
- ... 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 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 the dead bush is the only unrenewable plant-like block?
- ... that the sound of a minecart falls into the category of "friendly creatures"?
- ... that in Java Edition, wither skeletons are the only mob 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 you can use maps 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 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 bedrock pattern in the Nether is the same regardless of world seed?
- ... 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 you can afford a stack of arrows from a fletcher villager by selling it the equivalent of just 16 logs?
- ... 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 you can jump and climb up vines even if they are not attached to blocks?
- ... that you can use less dye to make carpets from white wool by converting the wool to carpets first?
- ... 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 in Java Edition, players in boats take no fall damage?
- ... that when used correctly, boats could be used to skip over lava?
- ... that dolphins can lead you to shipwrecks if you feed them raw cod or raw salmon?
- ... that you 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 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 wool was added in Classic and it was called "cloth"?
- ... that wool in Classic had a different color pallete?
- ... 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 piston is based of a Minecraft mod made by Hippoplatimus?
- ... that smithing table is the only crafting station that can only craft one specific type of item?
- ... that for April Fools 2014, every player got their skin changed to a villager?
- ... that there are four unused paintings in Bedrock Edition?
- ... that blue ice emits a light level of 4 in Bedrock Edition?
- ... that the Overworld logs are the only blocks that can be used as both input and fuel in furnaces?
- ... 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 texture of sea lanterns is animated?
- ... that plains biomes can generate as patches within a dark forest?
- ... that the orange terracotta symbols on the outside of desert pyramids resemble the Ankh, the Ancient Egyptian symbol for life?
- ... that 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 fishing rods can pull items?
- ... that for a coding contest, Notch made Minecraft 4k, a version of Minecraft less than 4 kilobytes in size?
- ... that the beacon's texture went through five different designs before its curent appearance, making it the most changed block texture in the game?
- ... 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 spawn eggs for the various fishes in Bedrock Edition were supposed to look like actual fish eggs?
- ... that in Pocket Edition 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?
[view | edit | history | purge]The above documentation is transcluded from Module:DidYouKnow/facts/doc.
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"''[[Minecraft]]'' was originally called \"''Cave Game'' \"",
"[[Java Edition Far Lands/Infdev 20100327 to Beta 1.7.3#The Farther Lands|the Farther Lands]] existed before [[Java Edition Beta 1.8]]",
"it is theoretically impossible for the head of a [[piston]] to fit inside its body in ''[[Java Edition]]''",
"the old texture for [[cobblestone]] is taken from [[Markus Persson|Notch]]'s unfinished game ''[[RubyDung]]''",
"[[Daniel Rosenfeld|C418]]'s [[skin]] is the Steve skin, but with a [[jukebox]] head",
"[[mojira:MC-4|MC-4]] is the oldest bug report that is still standing",
"there was a hoax announcement about a [[Easter eggs#2017|Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device]] by [[Mojang Studios|Mojang]]",
"some of the [[texture]]s have signatures and credits in unused spaces",
"the [[music disc]] \"11\" is exactly 1:11.111 long, emits power level 11 via [[Redstone Comparator|comparator]], and displays a Steve face and the text \"12418\" (\"C418\") at the end when viewed through a spectrogram",
"there is a [[splash]] [[Easter eggs#Never displayed splash|that is never displayed]] on the [[Menu screen|main menu]]",
"in ''[[Education Edition]]'' and education-enabled [[Bedrock Edition]], combining two units of the same chemical [[compound]] in a [[Lab Table|lab table]] still produces failed effects",
"when in [[third-person view]], the [[player]] will appear to throw [[Eye of Ender|eyes of ender]] from their feet",
"when the [[Ambience#Cave ambience|ambient sound]] 14 is put into a spectrogram, it appears to be a [[creeper]] face",
"standing on a floating [[boat]] will drain the [[Hunger|hunger bar]] if the boat was moved",
"in [[Legacy Console Edition]], breaking a damaged [[anvil]] and placing it again would completely repair it",
"chainmail [[armor]] used to be [[Java Edition removed features#Chainmail armor|crafted]] from [[fire]]",
"[[creeper]]s were originally based [[Creeper#History|on a failed pig model]]",
"most of the [[Ambience#Crimson Forest ambience|ambience]] in the [[Crimson Forest|crimson forest]] was made with balloons",
"the [[ghast]] sounds are actually sounds [[Daniel Rosenfeld|C418]]'s cat makes when it is disturbed while sleeping",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', a game crash can be forced by holding <kbd>F3</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> for 10 seconds",
"feeding a [[cookie]] to a [[parrot]] will kill it",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', there is a 0.01% chance that the [[Menu screen#Minceraft|title screen]] will display \"Minceraft\" instead of \"Minecraft\"",
"before the release of the [[bug tracker]], bugs were originally reported on [[MCW:Issues|this wiki]]",
"[[the End]]'s original [[biome]] name was \"Sky\"",
"there is a 10<sup>−10</sup>% (one in a trillion) chance of an [[end portal]] being activated upon generation",
"the player's [[inventory]] can hold up to 999 stacks with 63,936 items using [[Shulker Box|shulker boxes]]",
"[[Enderman|endermen]] see [[End Stone|end stone]] as bluish [[cobblestone]]",
"a [[Item (entity)|dropped]] [[Nether Star|nether star]] cannot be destroyed by [[explosion]]s, and in [[Bedrock Edition]] will never despawn",
"up to two [[Block of Diamond|diamond block]]s can generate in [[Woodland Mansion|woodland mansion]]s",
"the first 3 tracks of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'' are connected together",
"[[Name Tag|naming]] a [[vindicator]] \"Johnny\" will cause it to attack any nearby [[mob]]s",
"''[[Minecraft: The Movie]]'' was originally going to be directed by [[wikipedia:Shawn Levy|Shawn Levy]], the executive producer of ''[[wikipedia:Stranger Things|Stranger Things]]''",
"leather armor can be [[Dye#Dyeing armor|dyed]] in 12,326,391 different ways",
"[[Java Edition 1.13]] was originally going to be called \"Technically Updated\" before it was combined with the [[Update Aquatic]]",
"[[Java Edition 1.3.1]] was the last major update to not have an official name",
"February 29, 2020 was the first leap day to not have an update released",
"from [[Java Edition 12w19a|12w19a]] to [[Java Edition 13w01a|13w01a]], there existed a [[Cocoa Beans|cocoa pod]] textured like a [[Dragon Egg|dragon egg]]",
"as of the [[Nether Update]], there are 16,777,216 different ways to craft a [[chest]], [[Note Block|note block]], or [[jukebox]]",
"there are 2<sup>64</sup> (18,446,744,073,709,511,616) [[Seed (level generation)|seeds]] in ''[[Java Edition]]'', but only 2<sup>32</sup> (4,294,967,296) seeds in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"[[rabbit]]s can also be [[Breeding|bred]] with [[dandelion]]s besides [[carrot]]s",
"there is no [[music]] played in the [[Warped Forest|warped forest]] biome",
"[[hoglin]]s are afraid of [[Nether portal]]s",
"[[Bedrock Edition]] is written in the programming language [[wikipedia:C++|C++]]",
"[[walking]] and [[sneaking]] do not increase the [[Hunger#Exhaustion level increase|food exhaustion level]]",
"climbing up [[scaffolding]] costs the same [[Hunger#Exhaustion level increase|exhaustion level]] as [[jumping]] up every block",
"when [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]] is not at zero, [[health]] regenerates much faster in ''[[Java Edition]]'' than in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"the normal [[jump]] height of the player is 1 ¼ blocks, instead of 1",
"[[villager]]s made no sounds until [[Java Edition 1.6.1]], almost two years after their introduction",
"[[cake]]s were added as a response to ''Minecraft'' winning the [[2010 Indie of the Year Awards]]",
"the original [[Sword|iron sword]] texture was taken from [[Markus Persson|Notch]]'s abandoned game ''[[Legend of the Chambered]]''",
"[[the Nether]]'s original [[biome]] name was \"Hell\"",
"[[Bastion Remnant|bastion remnant]]s cannot generate in the [[Basalt Deltas|basalt deltas]] biome",
"despite the size of the [[ghast]], it can be trapped in a [[minecart]]",
"before [[Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4]], the [[sun]] and the [[moon]] rose in the north and set in the south",
"[[villager]]s can sleep in [[bed]]s in [[the Nether]] and [[the End]], when it is night time in the [[Overworld]]",
"the [[Dead Bush|dead bush]] is the only [[non-renewable resource|unrenewable]] plant-like block",
"the sound of a [[minecart]] falls into the category of \"friendly creatures\"",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', [[Wither Skeleton|wither skeleton]]s are the only [[mob]] that can spawn inside [[Flower|wither rose]]s",
"[[Red Dye|red dye]] can also be [[Red Dye#Crafting|crafted]] from [[beetroot]]s",
"[[cobblestone]] takes slightly longer to [[breaking|mine]] than [[stone]]",
"[[stronghold]]s try to generate under [[village]] meeting points in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"the nearest 3 [[stronghold]]s are on average twice as far in ''[[Java Edition]]'' than in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"the top textures of [[Grass Block|grass block]], [[dirt]], [[sand]], [[stone]], [[netherrack]], [[bedrock]] and [[TNT]] are randomly rotated",
"[[sign]]s and [[banner]]s cannot be pushed by [[piston]]s in ''[[Java Edition]]''",
"the [[End spike|obsidian pillars]] of [[the End]] extend through the island all the way down to [[altitude|Y level 0]]",
"there are [[End gateway#Generation|exit gateways]] randomly generated across the [[The End#Outer Islands|outer islands]] in [[the End]]",
"you can use [[maps]] normally in [[the End]]",
"[[Grass Block|grass block]]s take slightly longer to [[breaking|mine]] than [[dirt]]",
"[[Chorus Flower|chorus flowers]] can be harvested by shooting an [[arrow]] at it, and the arrow is not consumed",
"[[Hoe|iron hoe]]s can [[Hoe#Harvesting|instantly break]] [[leaves]]",
"almost all [[painting]]s are based on actual paintings by artist [[Kristoffer Zetterstrand]]",
"light gray stained [[Glass Pane|glass pane]] is almost invisible in the [[inventory]] in ''[[Java Edition]]''",
"in [[Bedrock Edition]], using an Overworld [[Map#Player marker and pointer|locator map]] in [[the Nether]] (and vice versa) shows the player's corresponding location between the two [[dimension]]s",
"the [[bedrock]] pattern in [[the Nether]] is the same regardless of [[Seed (level generation)|world seed]]",
"the pattern of [[Slime#\"Slime chunks\"|slime chunks]] are always the same regardless of [[Seed (level generation)|world seed]] in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"the [[Channeling]] enchantment works on non-mob entities such as [[boat]]s, [[minecart]]s and [[Armor Stand|armor stand]]s",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', a [[blaze]] has the exact same [[Hitbox#Entity|hitbox]] size as the [[player]]",
"[[End Rod|end rod]]s can be crafted using [[Blaze Rod|blaze rods]] and [[Popped Chorus Fruit|popped chorus fruit]]s",
"[[Smooth Stone|smooth stone]]'s existence was originally an unintentional side effect of other [[slab]] types, but was eventually officially reimplemented due to player demand",
"the first version of ''Minecraft'' was created in just 6 days",
"the belief that [[enderman]] sounds are English words played backwards is just speculation",
"[[fishing]] in ''Minecraft'' is slower when the bobber is not directly under the sky",
"[[the Nether]] was originally proposed to be called \"The Nexus\" or \"The Slip\"",
"[[Etho Slab|TNT slabs]] existed once, but only as an April Fools prank",
"[[enderman|endermen]] originally dropped [[diamond]]s",
"if [[enderman|endermen]] have no blocks to [[Teleportation|teleport]] to when projectiles fly to them, they reflect the projectiles",
"there was [[Bedrock Edition unused features#Hoglin Meat|hoglin meat]] as an unused texture in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"before [[Rotten Flesh|rotten flesh]] was added, [[zombie]]s used to drop [[feather]]s",
"[[enderman|endermen]] are the only mobs that spawn in all 3 [[dimension]]s",
"[[Nether portal]]s once could be spawned [[Java Edition Alpha v1.2.2|by pressing <kbd>F4</kbd>]]",
"[[Iron Ingot|iron ingot]]s take place in the most amount of crafting recipes in the game",
"[[planks]] take place in the second highest amount of crafting recipes in the game",
"[[crying obsidian]] was originally planned to set the spawn point, but [[bed]]s were added instead",
"[[Ender Dragon|ender dragon]]s and [[wither]]s are unable to go through [[portal]]s",
"the type of [[boat]] bought by fisherman villagers [[Boat#Trading|depends on their biome outfit]]",
"you can afford a stack of [[arrow]]s [[Trading#Fletcher|from a fletcher villager]] by selling it the equivalent of just 16 [[log]]s",
"unlike other horse armor, leather horse armor has [[Horse Armor#Crafting|a crafting recipe]]",
"[[leaves]] placed by the player never decay",
"[[dungeon]]s are the earliest added [[generated structures]] that still exist in the game today",
"the contents of an [[Ender Chest|ender chest]] is stored as part of [[Ender Chest#Inventory|the player's own data]]",
"[[Buried Treasure|buried treasure]] chests are always facing east",
"[[Buried Treasure|buried treasure]] chests always generate in the same location in a [[chunk]]",
"you can [[jump]] and climb up [[vines]] even if they are not attached to blocks",
"you can use less [[dye]] to make [[carpet]]s from white [[wool]] by converting the wool to carpets first",
"there are [[Armor Stand|armor stand]]s equipped with iron [[armor]] in [[taiga]] [[village]]s",
"[[water]] and [[lava]] used to spread infinitely",
"the only place to find [[bamboo]] outside the [[jungle]] biomes is a [[shipwreck]]",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', players in [[boat]]s take no fall damage",
"when used correctly, [[boat]]s could be used to skip over [[lava]]",
"[[dolphin]]s can lead you to [[shipwreck]]s if you feed them [[Raw Cod|raw cod]] or [[Raw Salmon|raw salmon]]",
"you can use [[dye]] on a [[sheep]] to continuously obtain colored [[wool]]",
"[[basalt]] is generated when [[lava]] is above [[Soul Soil|soul soil]] and next to [[Blue Ice|blue ice]]",
"[[bamboo]] is the fastest growing plant in ''Minecraft''",
"[[Minecart with Furnace|furnace minecarts]] are fully functional in ''[[Java Edition]]'', but only exist as an unused texture in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"there was an [[History of textures/Unused textures#Wax block|unused texture for a wax block]] in the [[Buzzy Bees]] update",
"there was an [[History of textures/Unused textures#Crystallized honey texture|unused texture for crystallized honey]] in the [[Buzzy Bees]] update",
"[[Fire|soul fire]] inflicts twice as much damage as normal fire",
"[[Enderman|endermen]] originally [[:File:Enderman JE1.png|had green eyes]] before they were officially added",
"[[wool]] was added in [[Java Edition Classic|Classic]] and it was called \"cloth\"",
"[[wool]] in [[Java Edition Classic|Classic]] had a different color pallete",
"before [[Java Edition Beta 1.7]], [[TNT]] was activated by punching it",
"[[creeper]]s initially had a melee attack, and exploded only when it is killed",
"it takes 1 minute and 14 seconds to slide down 256 [[Honey Block|honey blocks]]",
"[[piston]] is based of a ''Minecraft'' [[Mods|mod]] made by Hippoplatimus",
"[[Smithing Table|smithing table]] is the only crafting station that can only craft one specific type of item",
"for [[Easter eggs#2014|April Fools 2014]], every player got their [[skin]] changed to a [[villager]]",
"there are [[Bedrock Edition unused features#Paintings|four unused painting]]s in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"[[Blue Ice|blue ice]] emits a [[Light#Light-emitting blocks|light level]] of 4 in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"the Overworld [[log]]s are the only blocks that can be used as both input and fuel in [[furnace]]s",
"[[bat]]s do not drop anything, not even [[Experience|experience orbs]]",
"[[Iron Golem|iron golem]]s and [[Snow Golem|snow golem]]s can be [[Lead#Leashing mobs|leashed]]",
"[[planks]] were added before [[log]]s",
"[[mob]]s do not try to walk over [[Rail (disambiguation)|rail]]s",
"the sounds of [[dolphin]]s and [[panda]]s are taken from the actual real-life animals",
"a stack of [[Block of Coal|coal blocks]] can [[smelting|fuel]] a furnace for over 42 ''Minecraft'' days",
"the texture of [[Sea Lantern|sea lantern]]s is animated",
"[[plains]] biomes can generate as patches within a [[Dark Forest|dark forest]]",
"the orange [[terracotta]] symbols on the outside of [[desert pyramid]]s resemble the Ankh, the Ancient Egyptian symbol for life",
"[[igloo]] is the earliest added [[generated structures|structure]] to contain [[sign]]s, [[trapdoor]]s, [[bed]]s, and [[carpet]]s",
"[[Honey Bottle|honey bottle]]s are the only drinkable item that can stack and restore hunger",
"[[Nether Bricks|nether bricks]] is the only block that has both a [[wall]] and a [[fence]] variant",
"[[Buried Treasure|buried treasure]] is the smallest [[generated structures|generated structure]] in the game, containing only a [[chest]]",
"[[Fishing Rod|fishing rods]] can pull [[Item (entity)|items]]",
"for a coding contest, [[Markus Persson|Notch]] made ''[[Minecraft 4k]]'', a version of ''Minecraft'' less than 4 kilobytes in size",
"the [[beacon]]'s texture went through five different designs before its curent appearance, making it the most changed block texture in the game",
"although the texture of the [[bedrock]] block changed in the [[Texture Update]], the bedrock portion of the [[End Crystal|end crystal]] stayed the same",
"the [[Spawn Egg|spawn egg]]s for the various [[fish]]es in [[Bedrock Edition]] were supposed to look like actual fish eggs",
"in [[Pocket Edition]] Lite, the name of the player was \"Stevie\" instead of \"Steve\"",
"the range of the [[Note Block|note block]] both starts and ends at the note F♯",
"[[Markus Persson|Notch]] had planned to make a video announcing \"Minecraft 4D\" for [[Easter eggs#2010|April Fools' 2010]] but ran out of time due to moving into a new home"
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