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... 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 chain 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 will not despawn for 10 minutes in Java Edition and never despawn in Bedrock Edition?
... 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 is 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 Java Edition 1.16, there are 16,777,216 different ways to craft a chest, note block, or jukebox?
... that there are exactly 18,446,744,073,709,511,616 seeds in Java Edition, but only 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 ¹⁄₄ 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 at the bottom of the Overworld is the same regardless of world seed in Java Edition?
... 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 blazes have 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?

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local p = {}

p.facts = {
	"''[[Minecraft]]'' was originally called \"''Cave Game''&#8202;\"",
	"[[Far Lands/Java Edition/Pre-Beta 1.8#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 [[Notch]]'s unfinished game ''[[RubyDung]]''",
	"[[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]]",
	"some of the textures have signatures and credits in unused spaces",
	"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",
	"there is a [[Easter eggs#Never displayed splash|splash]] that is never displayed on the [[main menu]]",
	"in ''[[Education Edition]]'' and education-enabled [[Bedrock Edition]], combining two units of the same chemical compound in a [[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 bar]] if the boat was moved",
	"in [[Legacy Console Edition]], breaking a damaged [[anvil]] and placing it again would completely repair it",
	"[[chain armor]] used to be [[Java Edition removed features#Chain armor|crafted]] from fire",
	"[[creeper]]s were originally based [[Creeper#History|on a failed pig model]]",
	"most of the ambience in the [[crimson forest]] was made with balloons",
	"the [[ghast]] sounds are actually sounds [[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]]es",
	"[[endermen]] see [[end stone]] as bluish [[cobblestone]]",
	"a dropped [[nether star]] cannot be destroyed by explosions and will not despawn for 10 minutes in ''[[Java Edition]]'' and never despawn in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
	"up to two [[diamond block]]s can generate in [[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 mobs",
	"''[[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]] is 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 [[12w19a]] to [[13w01a]], there existed a [[cocoa pod]] textured like a [[dragon egg]]",
	"as of [[Java Edition 1.16]], there are 16,777,216 different ways to craft a [[chest]], [[note block]], or [[jukebox]]",
	"there are exactly 18,446,744,073,709,511,616 seeds in ''[[Java Edition]]'', but only 4,294,967,296 seeds in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
	"[[rabbit]]s can also be bred with [[dandelion]]s besides [[carrot]]s",
	"there is no [[music]] played in the [[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 food [[exhaustion]] level",
	"climbing up [[scaffolding]] costs the same [[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&nbsp;<sup>1</sup>&frasl;<sub>4</sub> 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 [[iron sword]] texture was taken from [[Notch]]'s abandoned game ''[[Legend of the Chambered]]''",
	"[[the Nether]]'s original biome name was \"Hell\"",
	"[[bastion remnant]]s cannot generate in the [[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]] 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]]s are the only mob that can spawn inside [[wither rose]]s",
	"[[red dye]] can also be crafted from [[beetroot]]s",
	"[[cobblestone]] takes slightly longer to [[mining|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]], [[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 [[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 [[outer islands]] in [[the End]]",
	"you can use [[maps]] normally in [[the End]]",
	"[[grass block]]s take slightly longer to [[mining|mine]] than [[dirt]]",
	"[[chorus flowers]] can be harvested by shooting an [[arrow]] at it, and the arrow is not consumed",
	"[[iron hoe]]s can instantly break [[leaves]]",
	"almost all [[painting]]s are based on actual paintings by artist [[Kristoffer Zetterstrand]]",
	"light gray stained [[glass pane]] is almost invisible in the [[inventory]] in ''[[Java Edition]]''",
	"in [[Bedrock Edition]], using an Overworld [[map|locator map]] in [[the Nether]] (and vice versa) shows the player's corresponding location between the two dimensions",
	"the [[bedrock]] pattern at the bottom of the [[Overworld]] is the same regardless of [[Seed (level generation)|world seed]] in ''[[Java Edition]]''",
	"the pattern of [[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 [[boats]], [[minecarts]] and [[armor stands]]",
	"[[blazes]] have the exact same [[hitbox]] size as the [[player]]",
	"[[end rod]]s can be crafted using [[blaze rods]] and [[popped chorus fruit]]s",
    "[[smooth stone]]'s existence was originally an unintentional side effect of other [[slab]] types, but was eventually officially reimplemented due to player demand"
}

return p