Putting redstone dust on a block face that already contains an item (torches, redstone torches, etc) erases the pre-existing item when placed.
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Putting redstone dust on a block face that already contains an item (torches, redstone torches, etc) erases the pre-existing item when placed.
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Minecraft 1.8-pre1
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Dupe of MC-68718