Fact Bomb of the Day : Minecraft

Saturday, November 7, 2026

The iconic Minecraft Creeper was actually created by accident! Notch, the game's creator, was trying to code a pig, but he swapped the height and length values, resulting in the tall, shivering, green monster we know today.

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Creepers were created as a result of a coding error when Notch was trying to model a pig, which caused him to accidentally swap the height and length values.
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