★The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.★Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.★A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.★Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.★Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.★Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.★A group of ferrets is called a business.★Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.★There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.★The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.★7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.★A group of owls is called a parliament.★Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.★The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.★A hippo's sweat is pink.★Rats laugh when tickled.★The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.★The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.★A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.★If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.★Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.★So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.★Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.★The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.★A snail can sleep for three years straight.★Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.★It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.★Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.★A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.★Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.★A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.★A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.★The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.★A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.★Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.★The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.★There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.★The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.★Dolphins sleep with one eye open.★There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.★A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.★The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.★Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.★Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.★A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.★Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.★A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.★Cats can't taste sweetness.★You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.★In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.★A group of jellyfish is called a smack.★Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.★There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.★The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.★Bees can recognize individual human faces.★Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.★There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.★The first computer mouse was made of wood.★A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.★A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.★A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.★Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.★We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.★The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.★Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.★Pineapples take about two years to grow.★Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.★An octopus has nine brains.★A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.★The moon has moonquakes.★Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.★Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.★Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.★The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.★Humans are the only animals that blush.★There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.★Dolphins have names for each other.★It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.★The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.★The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.★Butterflies taste with their feet.★Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.★Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.★A mosquito has 47 teeth.★A group of porcupines is called a prickle.★A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.★A group of frogs is called an army.★The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.★Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.★The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.★Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.★Ostriches can run faster than horses.★Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.★Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.★Octopuses can taste with their arms.★The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.★A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.★Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.★A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.★Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.★Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.★Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.★More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.★Snakes can help predict earthquakes.★Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.★Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.★Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.★A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.★A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.★Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.★Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.★Horses physically cannot vomit.★Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.★A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.★The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.★A flock of crows is known as a murder.★The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.★The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.★Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.★Sloths only poop about once a week.★Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.★Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.★The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.★A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.★Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.★The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.★Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.★A shrimp's heart is located in its head.★Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.★Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.★The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.★Goldfish can recognize human faces.★29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.★Wombat poop is cube-shaped.★The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.★Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.

★The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.★Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.★A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.★Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.★Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.★Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.★A group of ferrets is called a business.★Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.★There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.★The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.★7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.★A group of owls is called a parliament.★Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.★The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.★A hippo's sweat is pink.★Rats laugh when tickled.★The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.★The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.★A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.★If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.★Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.★So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.★Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.★The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.★A snail can sleep for three years straight.★Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.★It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.★Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.★A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.★Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.★A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.★A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.★The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.★A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.★Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.★The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.★There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.★The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.★Dolphins sleep with one eye open.★There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.★A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.★The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.★Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.★Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.★A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.★Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.★A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.★Cats can't taste sweetness.★You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.★In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.★A group of jellyfish is called a smack.★Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.★There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.★The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.★Bees can recognize individual human faces.★Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.★There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.★The first computer mouse was made of wood.★A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.★A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.★A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.★Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.★We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.★The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.★Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.★Pineapples take about two years to grow.★Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.★An octopus has nine brains.★A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.★The moon has moonquakes.★Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.★Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.★Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.★The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.★Humans are the only animals that blush.★There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.★Dolphins have names for each other.★It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.★The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.★The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.★Butterflies taste with their feet.★Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.★Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.★A mosquito has 47 teeth.★A group of porcupines is called a prickle.★A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.★A group of frogs is called an army.★The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.★Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.★The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.★Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.★Ostriches can run faster than horses.★Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.★Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.★Octopuses can taste with their arms.★The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.★A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.★Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.★A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.★Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.★Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.★Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.★More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.★Snakes can help predict earthquakes.★Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.★Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.★Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.★A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.★A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.★Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.★Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.★Horses physically cannot vomit.★Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.★A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.★The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.★A flock of crows is known as a murder.★The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.★The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.★Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.★Sloths only poop about once a week.★Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.★Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.★The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.★A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.★Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.★The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.★Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.★A shrimp's heart is located in its head.★Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.★Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.★The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.★Goldfish can recognize human faces.★29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.★Wombat poop is cube-shaped.★The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.★Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.

Sand sandbox

Material

Sand: Falls and piles into heaps.

Brush size4

How to play Sand sandbox

Pick a material: sand, water, stone, wood, plant or fire. Tap or drag on the canvas to drop it. Sand piles into hills. Water flows downward and pools. Stone and wood sit where you put them. Plants grow near water, and fire spreads through fuel until water puts it out. Pause and play to control the simulation. Tap erase to remove material. There are no goals, just play with the physics.

Tips

Build a stone bowl first, then pour water into it
Pile sand on slopes to see the angle of repose
Set wood or plants on fire, then use water to stop the spread
Save a screenshot, the canvas wipes when you reload

About Sand sandbox

Falling sand games started on Japanese forums in 2005 with the original Sand Game by Hi Taro. The simple particle physics, each pixel checks its neighbour and falls or settles, exploded into thousands of remixes and inspired bigger games like Powder Toy and Noita. Our small version stays close to the original feel. A handful of materials, smooth physics, a quiet pace. Open it in a tab when you need to space out for a few minutes.

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