How do food products compare to the images on their packaging? What kind of crazy crap do Germans eat? The answers to both these mysteries await you inside.

You know those traffic jams where you get to the end and there’s absolutely no reason for the traffic jam to exist? Well here’s your explanation, Mr. Scientist.

Every American should have the right to defend themselves. And to see things in the dark.

Internet denizen “M0rt@nius” (sardonic air-quotes mine), has created a Half-Life 2 map based on the first level of Super Mario Bros. As if I didn’t already have enough nightmares about headcrabs.

Phun is a free, downloadable 2D physics sandbox. You can do pretty much anything in it. I was actually able to model Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and send a crudely drawn square back in time to kill it’s own parents, thereby erasing itself from existence. Either that or I pressed the undo button, I’m not sure. Video of Phun-in-action after the jump.

This original Gameboy survived a bombing during the Gulf War, and still works… if by works, you mean can be turned on and display the game. I doubt those melted buttons do anything anymore. It’s on display at the Nintendo World store in New York City.

The Mythbusters are exploring the myth of whether you can shoot down a tree with a gun, or something. Inquiring minds need to know.

There’s apparently a theme park for every occasion. Have an unhealthy fecal obsession? Want to (not) get raped by a guy dressed as Mario in his basement? Want to visit a fake ocean directly beside a real one? These parks and many more await you. (Warning: Some parks awaiting you are not work safe.)

It seems every year brings a more advanced Elmo toy. The question is, will this be the year that the Elmos rise up and kill?

These eyelid stickers will allow you to get that much needed shuteye in the workplace, without arousing the suspicion of your less intelligent coworkers.

The perfect product for all the perma-bachelors out there, Casulo is an entire bedroom set in a box. It will come in really handy if you have a habit of not paying your rent and need to do a lot of midnight moves.

I’ll admit I’m being a bit selfish with this post. If you don’t play the guitar, the following video will just be a dork wearing giant tinfoil boots. But if you are a guitar player, well… better loosen your pants.

Someday I hope someone pumps 10 tons of cement into my house to see how I live.

Space, the final frontier… for your bum. Nobody said being an astronaut was easy.

NASA has been hard at work since the moon landing sending astronauts to Mars and building a lunar colony. Oh wait, that’s what NASA’s doing in an efficient dimension. In this dimension they send people to space to pop water balloons in zero gravity. Okay, that’s still pretty sweet.

I’m happy to announce that Rankosaurus now has full support for Firefox. If you’re going to be using Rankosaurus for the first time, follow the easy steps listed after the jump. If you’ve already installed Rankosaurus, but want to take advantage of the new Firefox support, then uninstall your old version and install the new version available on the download page.

If you’re not already living your life in a state of fear and paranoia due to the constant threat of terrorist attack, then this Google Maps mashup is sure to help you along the way. Find out what horrible event (or boring false alarm) happened in a town near you.

In Crayon Physics Deluxe, the things you draw come true. It’s a lot like this academic program, except it’s actually a game and you should hopefully be able to buy it without requiring several rounds of academic funding.

Someone created a working Humvee Transformer with a Bioloid Humanoid Robotics Kit and it’s surprisingly cool. It’s quite the little dancer too!

If you look at the animation after the link and see a girl spinning clockwise, then you are a ‘right-brain thinker’ (creative). If you see a girl spinning counter-clockwise, then you are a ‘left-brain thinker’ (logical). If all you see is a set of boobies, then you are ‘male, likely between the age of 13 and 65′.