also about the moon! the fuller the moon is: the more likely mobs are to spawn with armour and weapons, for the armour and weapons to have enchantments, and for spiders to spawn with potion effects (this one is only on hard)
other lesser known minecraft facts off of the top of my head:
the highest distance you can fall without death is 22 blocks
cauldrons filled with water can undo dyed armour and shulker boxes, it also undoes the latest change made to a banner
fishing in the rain is more efficient
while fishing with a block anywhere above the bobber is less effient
the rain and snow textures only show on the edges of blocks
mobs dont spawn in mushroom biomes
sugar cane grows at the same speed on all the blocks it can be placed on
ghast noises are actually c418s cat
cauldrons slowly fill while its raining
when they are turned invisible you can still see the eyes of endermen and spiders
lily pads are always the same orientation on the same block
ice under soul sand is slower to walk on than soul sand
cobwebs on soul sand on ice is even slower
pushing a cake with a piston sends it straight into the void, youre never getting it back.
tripwires will trigger when you break them unless you break them with shears
slimes dont count as mobs while you are trying to sleep
sugarcane grows the same speed on all the blocks it can be placed on
the skull breaking particles are the same as soul sand
a fully charged bow does more damage than a (unenchanted) diamond sword
you can spectate the view of a painting in spectator mode
spectating creepers gives you pixelated green vision, spectating endermen gives you inverted colours, and spectating spiders give you multiple vision
a creepers fuse lasts 1.5 seconds
you can make a firework that fades from one colour to another by crafting an already coloured charge with another dye
the entire country of denmark was recreated 1:1 in minecraft, it eventually got broken into and vandalised and covered in american flags
ocelots dont take fall damage
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