Module:Did you know

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Did you know/doc

-- This module will handle the fun facts on the main page! --

local p = {}

local facts = {

"you can have 15 [[Conditional]] actions per chain?<br>\n** ... and that [[Event Actions]] up this limit to 30?",

"Housing is written in Java and compiled with Maven?",

"creative mode was not available until 2021?",

"the developer [[Connor Linfoot]]'s skin has rainbow wristbands to show his support for the LGBT community?",

"most Housing updates are released on Monday?",

"[[The Carpenter]] has a [https://hypixel.net/members/367526/ forums account]?",
"[[The Carpenter]] has no confirmed gender?",
"[[The Carpenter]] was born in 2015?",

"the virtual idol Hatsune Miku has an [[NPC]] skin?",

"the New York Times Magazine partned with Hypixel to create a [[Featured worlds|featured world]] in Housing?",

"before players had access to creative mode, blocks had to be earned from the now removed Mystery Boxes?",

"the [[Skull Packs|Food Pack]] refers to OrieOh instead of Oreos to avoid copyright infringement?",

"[[Hykia]] used to be called Hykea but was changed after full release?",

"the [[NPC]] skin named after Abraham Lincoln is an ice-cream cone?",

"there used to be [[skulls]] unlocked through seasonal Mystery Boxes?",

"players with the YouTube rank are able to add a password to their house?<br>\n** ... and that if it's still public, you can bypass it by using {{Command|house random}}?",

"the developer [[Connor Linfoot]] is British?",

"Mystery Dust used to be called ''Credits''?",

"Hypixel posts Housing showcases on their [https://tiktok.com/@hypixel TikTok] and [https://www.youtube.com/@Hypixel/shorts YouTube] channels?",

"players with the YouTube Rank can give 25 [[Cookies]]?",

"[[Housing]]'s update artwork was drawn by Thomas Frick, an artist for Hytale?",

"the developer [[Connor Linfoot]] created the most popular SMP crates plugin, Crates Plus?",

"you can't be sent to Limbo while in the [[House Browser|Housing Browser]]?",

"the shortest [[furniture]] name is the Rug at 3 characters long?",

"the longest [[furniture]] name is the High-Backed Dining Chair at 24 characters long?",

"the hot air balloon used in the default Housing [[Themes|theme]] is also used in SkyBlock?",

"the hot air balloon used in the default Housing [[Themes|theme]] is no longer in the Main Lobby, despite it having been in all of them since 2015?",

"[[Housing]] existed on Hypixel China before it shut down?",

"[[Housing+]] could have offered early access to new features?",
}

function p.getHourlyFacts( frame )
    local timeSeed = math.floor(os.time())
    local selectedFacts = {}

    -- Shuffling
    for i = #facts, 2, -1 do
        local j = math.random(1, i)
        facts[i], facts[j] = facts[j], facts[i]
    end

    for i = 1, 5 do
        local index = (timeSeed + i) % #facts + 1
        table.insert(selectedFacts, "* ... that " .. facts[index])
    end

    local combinedFacts = table.concat(selectedFacts, "<br>\n")

    return combinedFacts
end

return p