DidYouKnow

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Usage

{{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 wool in Classic had a different color pallete?
... that when used correctly, boats could be used to skip over lava?
... that Java Edition 1.3.1 was the last major update to not have an official name?
... that when saturation is not at zero, health regenerates much faster in Java Edition than in Bedrock Edition?
... 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 mobs do not try to walk over rails?
... that standing on a floating boat will drain the hunger bar if the boat was moved?
... that cakes were added as a response to Minecraft winning the 2010 Indie of the Year Awards?

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?

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