This is probably one of the weirdest bugs I "found" so far. I never thought this block had some special uses for the player :D

Huge shoutouts to @tildejustin , who helped a lot with reading the code.
Link to his github: https://github.com/tildejustin


Link to the bug report, which covers the mysterious log: https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-61610

Video credits to DylanDC14:    / @dylandc14  
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:39 Generating The Log
2:57 Useful Applications
3:56 Outro