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* ...that you can play Team Fortress 2 using a controller or in [[Oculus Rift User Guide|Virtual Reality]]?
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* ...that in [[Meet the Spy]], the door to the briefcase room opens after the code is put in, meaning that the password was actually 1111?
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* ...that the song that plays when the viewer sees [[Pyroland]] in [[Meet the Pyro]] is a real song written by [[w:The Lovin' Spoonful|The Lovin' Spoonful]] called "Do You Believe in Magic"?
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* ...that due to the different model physics, the [[Mutated Milk]] and [[Self-Aware Beauty Mark]] fly slightly farther than their original counterparts?
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* ...that in [[Trailer 2]], two [[Medic]]s can be briefly seen in the [[Civilian#The reference pose|reference pose]]?
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* ...that both [[RED]] and [[BLU]] use the passcode "1111" as shown in [[Expiration Date]] on the inside of the van and [[Meet the Spy]], as the number 1 key on the keypads is worn out?
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* ...that the head of the parrot on the [[Jungle Inferno Update]] Day 2 page blows up if you hover your mouse over it?
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* ...that in [[Meet The Sniper]] he is shown to have an injury called Garand Thumb?
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* ...that the [[Cheats|console command]] {{code|impulse 102}} spawns a human skull?
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* ...that the [[Non-player characters#BLU team (original)|original BLU team]] consists of some famous historical figures, such as [[w:Nikola Telsa|Nikola Tesla]] and [[w:Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]]?
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* ...that the [[Powerjack]] used to have a +25% damage bonus in addition to a +75 health on kill?
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* ...that with the [[Hitman's Heatmaker]] you can activate Focus no matter the amount of charge it is at?
 
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*...that there are Cool Beans hidden on the map [[Banana Bay]]?
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* ...that to make a [[Frying Pan]] [[Strange]] you can use the [[Strange Bacon Grease]] on it, unlike normal weapons where you use a [[Strangifier]]?
*...that the [[Whoopee Cap]]'s description references [[w:Jughead Jones|Jughead Jones]], of [[w:Archie (comics)|''Archie Comics'']] fame, who is well-known for wearing a similar cap?
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* ...that in [[Trailer 1]] the [[Spy]] can be seen wielding a [[Tranquilizer Gun]]?
*...that a fully charged [[Machina]] headshot is one of the few things that can kill a Spy at full health while he's using the [[Dead Ringer]]?
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* ...that the [[Neck Snap]] taunt is the first partner taunt that only one class can initiate?  
*...that the [[Festive]] [[Huntsman]] has a tag on that says "Merry Smissmas --Sniper"?
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* ...that the [[Scout]] appears as a figurine in Half-Life: Alyx?
*...that the Woodland Warrior [[Rocket Launcher]] skin has a hidden [[Spycrab]] in it?
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* ...that the [[Rocket Jumper]] and [[Sticky Jumper]] used to have max health penalties?
*...that it is possible to land [[Mini-Crits]] using the [[Axtinguisher]] on an enemy [[Pyro]] or an enemy [[Sniper]] wearing the [[Darwin's Danger Shield]]?
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* ...that the Soldier is married to the Heavy's sister, Zhanna?
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*...that it is possible to survive to perform the Soldier's [[Kamikaze]] taunt by colliding with a ceiling before the explosion part of the taunt?
 
*...that the [[Your Eternal Reward]] is a reference to Aladdin?
 
*...that the oldest known unusual is a Circling Peace Sign [[Stout Shako]]?
 
*...that the only non-stock [[Soldier]] primary [[Weapons]] that have a hollow barrel are the [[Original]] and the [[Rocket Jumper]]?
 
*...that with the [[Lumbricus Lid]] equipped the [[Kamikaze]] taunt will have a unique [[Kill icon]]?
 
*...that there are [[RED]] Versions of the [[Mann vs. Machine]] robots in the files, but nowhere to be seen in-game?
 
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*...that a fully [[Overheal|overhealed]] [[Heavy]] with the [[Fists of Steel]] active and under the effect of the [[Dalokohs Bar]] can survive a fully-charged [[Machina]] [[headshot]]?
 
*...that the [[Festive]] lights on some weapons are powered by [[List_of_companies|Bonk!]] batteries?
 
*...that the [[Engineer]] at the end of "[[Meet the Medic]]" is playing "[[A Little Heart to Heart (Soundtrack)|A Little Heart to Heart]]" on his guitar?
 
*...that it was revealed in the [[Comics]] that there were several teams hired by the [[Administrator]] named Vanguard, Echelon, and Citadel?
 
*...that there are a total of 160 weapons?
 
*...that [[Scout]] has 7 older brothers and he is the youngest?
 
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*...that the [[Engineer]] and [[Medic]] have the least amount of weapons?
 
*...that the Scout and [[Pyro]] have the most amount of weapons?
 
*...that the only taunt you can unlock for free is the [[Director's Vision]]?
 
*...that the [[Pyro]] has the most taunt kills?
 
*...that in the [[Ghoul Box]], a cosmetic item for the [[Engineer]], it shows a hidden rat in its textures referencing the creator's late pet rat?
 
*...that the [[Demoman]] was once poisoned in the comic, [[Old Wounds]], by nothing but food since he drinks alcohol a lot?
 
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*...that the [[Nessie's Nine Iron]], a melee reskin for Demoman, is a reference to the legendary Scottish monster, the [[w:Loch Ness Monster|Loch Ness Monster]]?
 
*...that the [[Spy]] is known to speak phrases in French, Spanish and Italian?
 
*...that the [[Sniper (Classic)|Team Fortress Classic Sniper]] is named Virgil, and the [[Engineer (Classic)|Team Fortress Classic Engineer]] is named Fred?
 
*...that the [[Shred Alert]] has its own unused kill icon?
 
*...that the [[Sentry Buster]] uses the animations and hitboxes of a Giant Demoman Robot, and thus can be headshotted?
 
*...that [[Saxton Hale]] fought a lion while cutting his hair?
 
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*...that the [[Medic]] appeared to have various organs from various exotic creatures in his fridge in [[Meet the Medic]], including a Loch Ness hamster?
 
*...that the [[Pyro]] can reflect [[Rescue Ranger]] bolts and [[Crusader's Crossbow]] syringes?
 
*...that in the [[Scout update]], if you sent a letter to [[Mann Co.]] ordering a [[Force-A-Nature]], you would get a letter from Saxton Hale saying they were out of stock, but in [[The Contract]] comic, they were overstocked?
 
*...that in [[Meet the Spy]] while [[Spy]] fights with the [[Medic]], after knocking his glasses into the air a [[Half-Life 2]] crate prop appears?
 
*...that the [[Bread Bite]] has 2 completely unique inspect animations, unlike the rest of Heavy's gloves?
 
*...that [[Archimedes]] used to be a wedding dove, before the [[Medic]] stole the catering van used for the prime minister's wedding where Archimedes was situated?
 
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*...that the [[Flame Thrower]] and [[Knife]] are the single class weapons with the most [[reskins]]?
 
*...that [[Sinshine]] became an official map added in the [[Scream Fortress 2015]] event, before its non-Halloween counterpart [[Sunshine]] which was added in [[Meet your Match]]?
 
*...that according to the comic [[Death of a Salesbot]] the President of the United States by 1999 is a Pomeranian named "Kisses Von Butternubs"?
 
*...that [[Medic]]'s pet [[Archimedes]], had his name based off of a real scientist that studied physics?
 
*...that [[TF2]] had [[grenades]] in it at some point?
 
*...that the bobblehead in [[Meet the Sniper]] was originally supposed to be an "[[List of companies|Old Geezer]]" instead of the [[Civilian (Classic)|Civilian]]?
 
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*...that [[Pier]] has a secret disco room behind the vent in BLU spawn?
 
*...that when you suicide in spawn, you can immediately respawn by changing classes?
 
*...that collecting heads with the [[Eyelander]] or its reskins also increases your [[Shield]] bash damage?
 
*...that there are exactly 21 bars in the loading screen?
 
*...that the Spy has the most class-exclusive weapon reskins, at 8?
 
*...that healing beams from the [[Medi Gun]] and its alternatives, [[Dispenser]], [[Payload]] cart, and team leaders in [[Player Destruction]] mode decrease the duration of [[Jarate]] and [[Mad Milk]] effects?
 
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*...that disguising as a friendly [[Spy]] with the [[Disguise Kit]] will simply remove your disguise?
 
*...that there were plans to add female versions of the mercenaries?
 
*...that at low health the [[Shahanshah]] does the most melee damage in the game, dealing just 3 more points than the [[Scotsman's Skullcutter]]?
 
*...that Valve used motion-capture for some of the scenes in [[Expiration Date]]?
 
*...that {{code|tf_hud_notification_show_count_ghost_controls_no_respawn}} is the biggest console command present in TF2?
 
*...that the [[Pyro]] was the first character to get a [[Taunt kill]]?
 
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*...that the [[Soldier]] got rejected from all branches of the US military during WWII?
 
*...that the [[Your Eternal Reward]] resembles the TFC knife?
 
*...that the [[Medic]] has no class-specific domination lines?
 
*...that [[Robin Walker]], [[John Cook]], and [[Ian Caughley]] originally created [[Team Fortress|''QTF'']] just because they wanted a [[Classes|multiclass]] version of Quake for their own use?
 
*...that the [[Gas Grenade]] is a [[scrapped]] grenade weapon that was to be used by the [[Spy]]?
 
*...that the first time the [[Engineer]] is seen without his goggles is in the [[Loose Canon]] comic?
 
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*...that some cosmetic hats and bot heads from [[MVM]] are available on the Steam community marketplace for SteamVR?
 
*...that the [[Detpack]] is a weapon in the classic ''Team Fortress'' games and is only used by the [[Demoman (Classic)|Demoman]]?
 
*...that in the [[WAR! comic]], the [[Administrator]] is watching the events of [[Meet the Spy]] unfold before [[Miss Pauling]] shows up?
 
*...that the [[C.A.P.P.E.R]] is the same weapon used by the 'captain' of the space movie [[BLU]] watches in the [[Invasion Update]] trailer?
 
*...that there are 7 items that can be both [[Strange]] and [[Genuine]] quality?
 
*...that the [[ghost]] of Zepheniah Mann is still wearing his [[Ghastly Gibus]]?
 
 
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*...that the [[Heavy]]'s stock [[melee]] was originally a Lead Pipe?
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* ...that the label on the [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]] does not have the exclamation mark (!) after the "Bonk"?  
*...that the [[Shortstop]] was originally supposed to slow down players on hit, but never functioned properly?
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* ...that the [[Fight Songs: The Music Of Team Fortress 2]] is available on vinyl?
*...that the [[Spy]] is the only class in the game with a custom PDA?
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* ...that the Spycrab meme's popularity resulted in a [[Merchandise|plushie]] version being created?
*...that the [[Engineer]] is the shortest of the [[Classes]]?
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* ...that a fire extinguisher on [[Turbine Center]] can put out a burning player once per round?
*...that the [[Medic]] traded his soul for a pen in the comic [[The Naked and the Dead]]?
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* ...that the Team Fortress Wiki has a [[w:Konami Code|secret]]?
*...that the [[Demoman]]'s eye was "given back" by the [[Medic]] in the comic [[The Naked and the Dead]]?
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* ...that the [[Upgrade to Premium Gift]]'s bar code has a small bit of text under it that reads *MAGGOTS*?
 
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*...that Barking Dog Studios were supposed to create maps for [[Team Fortress Classic]]?
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* ...that the [[Voodoo-Cursed Spy Soul]] originally had a zombie face instead of a skull?
*...that the [[Pyromancer's Mask]] has an unused bodygroup, which gives it grey horns?
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* ...that [[Team Fortress 2]] went through several different iterations before release, such as [[Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms]] and [[Invasion]]?
*...that the [[Pyro]], during the [[MVM|robot invasion]], owned a company?
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* ...that in ''[[Meet the Demoman]]'', during the censored part the Demoman actually says "They've got more fecking sea monsters in the great Loch at Ness than they've got the likes of me"?
*...that the unused model '''guard_tower001.mdl''' contains the gun model from the cut Spawn Room [[Unused turrets|turrets?]]
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* ...that the [[Flying Guillotine]] has a max flight time?
*...that the hardest achievement in the game is [[Mann vs. Machievements|Metal Massacre]], requiring you to kill 1,000,000 [[Robots|robots?]]
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* ...that the [[Cow Mangler 5000]], [[Pomson 6000]], [[Batsaber]] and [[:Category:Items with unused painted variants|a lot of other items]] have unused paint variants?
*...that the [[Holy Mackerel]] was originally a club called the Fish Biter?
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* ...that Valve employees can give themselves weapons with the special [[Valve (quality)|Valve quality]]?
 
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* ...that on the queue you can change the color of the TF logo from red to blue by clicking on it?
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* ...that the [[Bonk! Atomic Punch]] was invented in 1932 and consists of zinc, ammonium chloride, molten salt and sugar?
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* ...that the [[Execution]] is the only taunt kill to use ammo?
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* ...that [[Merasmus]] uses [[Sniper]]'s melee animations?
 
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  • ...that whenever a Golden Wrench or a Saxxy is destroyed, a message is sent to all active players regarding which user has destroyed the item?
  • ...that the Spy has the most class-exclusive weapon reskins, at 8?
  • ...that sub-front companies for RED include 'Brown Nugget Mining', 'Cornwell', and 'Happy Farmers Cooperative'?
  • ...that the game is more likely to give you random crits if you have killed several enemies, to help you get a memorable killing streak?
  • ...that the plural of "Dummkopf" is "Dummköpfe", not "Dummkopfs"?
  • ...that in first-person mode, the Sniper is wearing gloves on both hands, but from a third-person perspective, such as taunting, he is only wearing a glove on his left hand?
  • ...that the Shortstop was originally supposed to slow down players on hit, but never functioned properly?
  • ...that the Heavy can survive Kill taunts if he is wearing the Fists of Steel?

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  • ...that on the queue you can change the color of the TF logo from red to blue by clicking on it?
  • ...that the Bonk! Atomic Punch was invented in 1932 and consists of zinc, ammonium chloride, molten salt and sugar?
  • ...that the Execution is the only taunt kill to use ammo?
  • ...that Merasmus uses Sniper's melee animations?

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