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ELI5: why do you have to make your answer to a post super long instead of short, which would be better for a five year old
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R2 (Reddit)
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ELI5 - My boyfriend is crazy strong but he doesn’t look it at all, he has barely any visible muscles and is what you could refer to as ‘skinny’. How is he so strong and not have visible muscles?
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false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: Why is sports betting not allowed in all states?
xjfpgs
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5: According to an article I read, there is a supermassive black hole (SMB) at the center of most galaxies. How do galaxies without a SMB and the accompanying gravity stay together?
xjfqgg
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5:Why can’t we control our involuntary functions?
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false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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eli5 Why do white people want an n word pass?
xjnubg
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5: Why the separation of schools for grades K-5/6-9/10-12?
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false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5: What is a "half life"?
xjqyo4
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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ELI5 why should I not include some plastics in recycling bin? What should I definitely recycle?
xjry8t
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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eli5: Why can't we use microscopes like telescopes? They are just big scopes with really really REALLY good zoom power?
wc36id
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: How do you drive up on a steep hill without drifting back?
wc19rt
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow)
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ELI5: What made the big bang happen? What was there before the deed?
wc2dth
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5 why does drinking water really fast make you pee quicker?
wc79c8
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: if darker colors absorb MORE light, and lighter colors reflect light, why did indigenous people in Africa (and other very sunny places) adapt to have darker skin?
wc7hag
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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eli5: how does pop music appeal more to the general public ears than metal or classical music for example?
wc8gjk
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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eli5: How do mosquitos survive on blood? I thought blood had no nutritional value?
wccygs
false
explainlikeimfive
R6 (False Premise)
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ELI5: is this flat earth dude correct?
wcddfc
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: How does medicine work?
wcfd8m
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Whole topic)
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ELI5 if rocks can't burn, how meteorites burn up and get consumed while falling to Earth?
wcfyc5
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: Why is so hard to not think negative thoughts?
bau6wl
false
explainlikeimfive
Psychology
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ELI5 If the universe is constantly expanding, how could the big crunch happen ?
wdgtu3
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
null
Eli5: How can hackers try thousands of passwords to get into an account, but if I type my password wrong 3 times, I am locked out?
wd53kn
false
explainlikeimfive
R6 (Loaded/False Premise)
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ELI5:If there was a giant partition placed between the earth & the sun
wd70aj
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Hypothetical)
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ELI5 - How is rainfall measured?
wd9df6
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: relearning technology/compsci
wdb1vv
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5 - What is the etiquette for nude beaches?
wdd0f4
true
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: why do some Japanese kanji characters exist for just one syllable?
wde86q
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: How and why do drugs make people high
wdeesa
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Whole topic)
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ELI5: Why is flight risk a factor in bail? Shouldn't it be extremely easy to prevent people from leaving the country?
wdg1zm
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: The sudden surge in popularity regarding mushrooms
wdgj2w
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5: What Kind Of Microphone Should I buy for being a Youtuber?
wdhngr
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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Eli5: Where is the beginning of time located?
wdl44a
false
explainlikeimfive
R6 (Loaded/False Premise)
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ELI5: Why do so many tribes exist alongside modern society?
wdorcf
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5: Why are there Two Hurricane Models, the European Model and the American Model when physics and statistics are the same everywhere?
xmr8e2
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
null
ELI5: Why does being blue-balled by a sneeze suck so bad?
xm96pu
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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Eli5: The Causes Behind the Yugoslav/Balkan Wars (20th/21st century)
xmeg6l
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Whole topic)
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Eli5: Why do we read left right instead of right to left?
xmg03j
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow)
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ELI5: Before I fart, what is keeping the gas airlocked in my asshole and what mechanism releases it?
xmnknj
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow)
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ELI5: Why is a Bootstrap Loader called a “Bootstrap” Loader? What’s it got to do with Bootstraps?
xmraxv
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: What causes stage fright (the phenomenon of not being able to pee when standing next to another guy)?
bbsl2v
false
explainlikeimfive
Psychology
null
ELI5: If we have an extra day added every 4 years, then how come we are not noticing it?
xk1cfk
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
If earth's rotation is 365,25 days this means that the first year December 31st at 23:59 will look like an early afternoon; on year 2 it will look like noon and year 3 it will look like a morning (since we have 18 hours to spare).
ELI5 - Fantasy football - the waiver wire
xkax82
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: can someone explain to me what short selling is?
xkhwz9
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: Why are shows allowed to talk about WW1’s Germany
wax6h6
true
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Legal)
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ELI5: How does changing the temperature in the shower work?
wb0hd4
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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Eli5 Abs- sixpack
wb283e
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: How is alcohol so calorific if it takes energy to process and contains no macronutrients?
wb2kf5
false
explainlikeimfive
R6 (Loaded/False Premise)
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Eli5: Why are companies making record profits in the midst of record inflation.
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false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: Manual cars and their different gears
wb9tky
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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eli5 how do insurance companies not go bankrupt??? Where does the money come from
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false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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ELI5 condensation
wbamya
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: How do seeds 'know' when to germinate?
wbeu2i
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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eli5, why scientists always assume that aliens are more intelligent than us.
wckhy8
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: Why does some shops have 1 button for the machine to accept both debit and credit while others have to ask you for the specific one or else it wont work?
wcmld6
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow)
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ELI5 How do files on a computer require actual physical space?
wcq6tm
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: How do you check if a source is valid?
wctf2t
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: Why do you stop breathing when someone mentions you're automatically breathing?
wcufn0
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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eli5: How does our GPS system work so accurate in real time especially for moving vehicles
wcxil9
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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ELI5-Why does the storm on Jupiter never dissipate?
xfc1s5
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
null
ELI5: Why may a person not feel emotions after an event happens until days later?
xfe084
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: why Microsoft buying Activison/Blizzard has to get approval of countries, but when they (or Sony) bought smaller studios there wasn't such a fuss
xfer10
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5: How come the great filter theory almost always states there's only 1 filter
xff45v
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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eli5: Why can we walk on earth even though it's moving really fast through space
xff4ae
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: Who starts the process of executing your will when you die?
xfgflz
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: I didnt shake the burnt dtuff off my first cig. Is it likely for me to get cancer? My friend told me the white burnt stuff is the most cancerous part.
xfghdf
false
explainlikeimfive
R6 (False Premise)
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eli5 what Is ontotechnology ?
xfn5vx
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Fiction)
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Eli5 why is the heart on the left side of the body?
xfnpt9
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5: How can an international flight be cheaper than bus/train ?
xfpwua
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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[eli5] Can a scientist explain Global Warming and how we as a society how can we combat this.
xfqh3b
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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eli5 If the Earth's climate has changed so vastly over the course of history, what is the big deal with climate change now?
xfsmsd
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: How is 'Selective Perception' different from 'Confirmation Bias'?
b8i4mj
false
explainlikeimfive
Psychology
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ELI5: Why do sometimes random songs you haven't heard in a while start playing in your mind?
b8oz4u
false
explainlikeimfive
Psychology
null
ELI5: Why does my toilet only stain at the top of the water line and not the entire area where the water sits?
fyeunw
false
explainlikeimfive
Geology
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What are the checks and balances in place that keep larger countries from swallowing smaller countries?
fyv2xi
false
explainlikeimfive
Geology
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eli5 why is it with the Mars rover in 2020 being able to create oxygen on Mars and the US military being able to manipulate weather since the 1940s why is drought and global warming still an issue.Like we at least have the technology to filter sea water and transport it via pipes to remote areas
xglbf3
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: Why do people keep associating black holes with time travel?
xglrj3
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: Is there gravity underwater?
xglud8
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5 How is it that I still feel tired sleeping for at least 6 hrs from 2am to 8am?
xgpphj
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Personal)
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ELI5: Is it unhealthy to shower once everyday?
xgszvy
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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eli5 : That feeling when a part of your body is touching another part but you forget that body part is attached to you?
xgzp2g
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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eli5: why do rappers...
xh0bea
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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eli5 did re-spraining my ankle fix it
xh2n3t
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Medical)
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ELI5: How does La Croix work?
xh3hel
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow)
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ELI5: Where did STDs originate and how did the first human or animal get them?
xi1erd
true
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Whole topic)
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ELI5: how does the bus system work
xi7caw
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Whole topic)
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ELI5: Why does cannabis cause anxiety/panic in some users?
xihf3i
true
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: Why is it a big deal that the GTA V source code was leaked?
xihoav
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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eli5: why is death irreversible?
xiidh7
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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Eli5: Water levels decreasing - where does it go??
xikhpx
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: how do rivers consistently have so much water?
wf44xx
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: Why do Warner seem unable to hit the magic formula when making DC films.
wf7gq9
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5: How do they keep ATV trails in the forests (USA) so well groomed and clear of growth? The trails seem so far out in the middle of nowhere, trees and brush and bushes everywhere, but the trail stays clear.
wf7h3o
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: do muezzins sing the call to pray live each time from a room in the mosque, or is it just a recording played automatically?
wfar14
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: How the jury is kept from being rigged?
wfbyyb
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: How did the Eiffel Tower become the symbol of romance in Paris?
wfdipv
false
explainlikeimfive
R6 (Loaded/False Premise)
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Eli5 Hello! Can someone please explain to me what joining the union for a job means? I have an interview with an armored money truck company tomorrow and I am constantly seeing people say to join their union. What is it and why should I? Thanks!
wfe5ic
false
explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: Why is it okay to speed while driving?
wfmcgb
false
explainlikeimfive
R6 (Loaded)
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Eli5 what do people with service animals do on long plane rides?
wfn4ng
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: Why do many people prefer medium rare steaks but simultaneously enjoy steak tacos, Mongolian beef and sphagetti and meatballs which all call for beef cooked more thoroughly?
wfq10p
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5: wouldn't a robot-driver-only freeway be faster -- and 100% safe?
wfq2ci
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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