The Powder Toy

The granddaddy of falling-sand sandboxes — 250-plus elements simulating heat, pressure, electricity and chemistry — running in a browser tab.

Why we kept this

An entire generation learned thermodynamics by accidentally setting a stick figure on fire.

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