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...that the music from the Kazotsky Kick taunt can be heard in the CS:GO map Train, coming from a small radio inside the kitchen?

...that the Clinical Trial is the only item set in the game that doesn't feature a cosmetic?

...that at point-blank range the Force-A-Nature deals more damage than Soldier's Rocket Launchers (except the Direct Hit)?

...that the Candy Cane, Boston Basher, Pain Train, Holiday Punch, Killing Gloves of Boxing and the Machina are the only weapons whose stats have remained unchanged since release?

...that the Strange Bacon Grease, despite its name, is actually in Unique Quality?

...that the Minigun is named Sasha, the Brass Beast is named Oksana, the Huo-Long Heater is named Sheila, and the Tomislav is named Svetlana?

...that the Soldier's Stash does not in any way, shape, or form promote smoking or gambling?

...that in early versions of Team Fortress 2, there was a file titled "female_head_black.vtf", which started the "is the Pyro female?" theory?
...that the textures of Ground Control contain the Japanese characters "のヮの" (No Wa No), which are a reference to one of the common expressions the character Haruka Amami makes in the THE iDOLM@STER games?
...that the Team Fortress 2 mercenaries are actually the third generation of mercenaries hired by Redmond & Blutarch Mann?
...that at the end of Meet the Medic, at the scene where the mercenaries are sitting in a waiting room to get their Ubercharge hearts, the order they were given matches the class order used in Team Fortress Classic?
...that the idea for the Spy came from a Team Fortress bug?
...that some of the taunts from the Love & War Update existed in TF2's code since Scream Fortress 2013?
...that there was a scrapped building for the Engineer called the Repair Node?
...that the texture for the Portable Smissmas Spirit Dispenser suggests that there used to be an interior to the snow globe's cabin, and that the normal map texture contains a drawing of the Steam mascot, Sir Roderick Bodkin?
...that the Love & War Update was once called the Bucket List Update?

...that there is a reference to the Liberty Bell hidden in the Liberty Launcher?
...that on its right side, the Family Business has a small faded picture of a hammer and sickle?
...that Shakespearicles invented the Rocket Launcher, along with the method of rocket jumping?
...that there's an unused .midi version of Intruder Alert?
...that in the newspaper shown on the comic Ring of Fired apparently uses an invented language on the small letters?
...that while using the Vaccinator, keeping the alternate fire button pressed maintains an ÜberCharge through all of the charges left with no interruptions in between?
...that the End of the Line Update update was originally supposed to include a map?
...that Phlogistinator is named after the now disproven phlogiston theory?

...that the Carrier Tank in Mann vs. Machine was placed into different maps before the official release of Mann vs. Machine?
...that the Love & War Update was referenced prior to its release by a line in Dota 2's "The Stanley Parable Announcer Pack?"
...that the Sentry of the Engineer beeps according to their level?
...that RED and BLU's names come from their owner's names, Redmond Mann and Blutarch Mann?
...that Medics ÜberCharged with the Vaccinator using fire resistance can survive the Hadouken taunt kill?
...that the Siberian Sophisticate adds a barcode to the back of Heavy's head?
...that the Boxcar Bomber is named after the Bockscar B-29 bomber plane that dropped the nuclear bomb in Nagasaki, Japan during World War II?

...that the Box Trot was hidden in the background of various places on the pages for the Gun Mettle Update?
...that there was an cosmetic called the Bonk'n'Flash, which was scrapped due to copyright concerns and was replaced by the Bonk Boy?
...that the loading screen of Yukon still shows the old control point placement?
...that the Conniver's Kunai's over-heal bonus removes degenerative effects such as afterburn and Bleeding?
...that the box from the Box Trot taunt has some Japanese written on it (スパイは、この箱のなかにいる) which translates to "The Spy is in this box"?
...that Your Eternal Reward is a reference to the knife that Jafar wields in the movie Aladdin?
...that despite its description saying otherwise, the RoBro 3000 has an on/off switch?

...that the Nostromo Napalmer is a reference to Alien (1979), and has the same design as the prop in the movie?
...that the Carlton is based off a dance move done by Carlton Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
...that the Sandman stuns 2 seconds longer on critical hits?
...that the picture that depicts the Pyro winning the Heavy vs. Pyro war (during the Meet Your Match Update) is a reference to the Meet the Pyro cinematic in which the Heavy takes a Fire Axe to the head?
...that the mercenaries, alongside other Valve characters appeared in a version of Peggle called Peggle Extreme?
...that the Valve Store incorrectly lists the Stickybomb Launcher as the Scottish Resistance on the Demoman Action Figure?
...that development on Powerhouse actually began in 2007, but the developer left it unfinished and then released the map for the Gun Mettle Update?
…that Monoculus is the Demoman's missing eye?