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Eli5 Why do people consider Jordan Peterson offensive?
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R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5: What does picturing someone naked do for someone mentally who gets nervous in front of people?
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Psychology
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ELI5: why do some painkillers get you high but others don’t ?
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R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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eli5:What do the words in the political compass mean?
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R2 (Religion/Politics)
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ELI5 Why do we have nightmares?
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false
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R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5: Why is Taiwan (and other East Asian countries) not developing nuclear bombs?
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R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5: US Politicians Traveling Abroad?
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R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5, what’s the point of eating corn if we can’t really digest it?
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R6 (False Premise)
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Eli5: Where is the water?
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Planetary Science
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Eli5: Why has it taken so many years for the civil suit against Alex Jones by the Sandy Hook Families to happen?
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R2 (Recent/Current Events)
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ELI5: Why do fast food burgers not fill me up, but ones made at home do?
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R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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eli5: the reason car manufacturers don't put solar panels or dynamos in electric cars to generate electricity
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R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: People say High School is bad, is it really though?
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R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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eli5: Do the lasers from smartwatches that measure your blood preasure etc have longterm effects on your body?
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R2 (Narrow)
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ELi5 - Why is there record breaking heat in the southwest USA right now but normal/cool in the Midwest/northeast?
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false
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Planetary Science
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ELI5: How and Why allergies created in a human body? What makes it reactive?
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false
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R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: different currency for different countries
xomras
false
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R7 (Search First)
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Eli5: How exactly do HR background checks work? Is there any way to confirm a previous job besides calling them? And if so, can they see any other jobs you may have worked at not on your resume?
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false
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R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: why is the British economy taking such a nosedive currently?
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R2 (Recent/Current Events)
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ELI5: Why do different people store body fat differently (ex: arms, legs, torso, different facial body fat distributions)?
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R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5: How can they make fireworks go in a particular direction?
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R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: What are Autism, ADHD and Aspier? What are differences between them?
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R2 (Whole topic)
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Eli5:Why can you get off criminal charges if you weren’t arrested correctly?
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R2 (Legal)
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ELI5 Why does it thunder only when it rains and not when it snows?
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Planetary Science
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eli5 iTunes Dark Mode
wafz8o
false
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R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5: One domain -> one server - two users with identical idea - who is going to be first?
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R2 (Straightforward)
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eli5: Is it possible to find the contact information of the members of wealthy families?
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R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5 Basic Rules Of Poker
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R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: Flying private planes for commuting/vacations.
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false
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R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: US Economy: Inflation and recession
wakkq7
false
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R2 (Recent/Current Events)
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Eli5: Why do kids sleep on a floor with no consequence but adults are sore for the next two days?
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false
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R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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ELI5: why is suicide bad?
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R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5 - Why was the decision made to toss bin laden’s body into the ocean made?
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R2 (Narrow)
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ELI5. Why do people seek to re-experience the sadness that they already felt for example after watching a sad film?
xl0zfc
false
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R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5 : why is atmospheric re-entry so dangerous?
wbr7ll
false
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Planetary Science
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ELI5: why does your computer slow down if you leave it on for a long time without shutting down/ restarting?
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false
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R6 (False Premise)
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ELi5: How tf does a theremin work?
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R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: Why is it normal to go through cycles of recession and expansion? Why can't we grow at a slower but more consistent rate, without experiencing recessions?
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R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5: how does the body differentiate a “good carb” vs. a “bad carb”?
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R6 (False Premise)
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eli5: When the Feds raise the interest rate, so everyone pays more on their variable APR credit card debt, where does all that extra interest money go?
wbw3o2
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explainlikeimfive
R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: What exactly is intuition and how does it even work?
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Psychology
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Eli5 Many cars have adaptive cruise controls nowadays. After how many years do these systems start failing approximately?
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R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: The Yuga Cycle
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Planetary Science
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[ELI5] Why Google hasn't acted against Adblock?
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R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5: how the hell was the startup menu of computers made? how do you code a little chip to do such a thing.. and where?
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false
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R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: Why do autistic people see the world differently?
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R2 (Whole topic)
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ELI5: Why does the IRS not tell you how much tax you owe even though they know how much you owe?
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R6 (False Premise)
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ELI5:the difference between orthodox, catholic and protestant christians
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R2 (Religion/Politics)
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ELI5: Why do security cameras record on such low quality?
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R6 (Loaded/False Premise)
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ELI5: What is the reasoning behind us getting excited when meeting celebrities, asking them for photos, signatures, and such?
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Psychology
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ELI5: What is the legally plausable reasoning behind allowing for non-disclosure agreements for potentially criminal acts?
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Law
I hope the premise is not flawed, but I've read quite a few articles about (mostly US-based) corporations and people paying people "hush money" to "buy their silence", i.e. signing non disclosure agreements. I understand that NDAs can be valuable to protect intellectual property, but why would a judicial system allow other scenarios? Can you paint me a understandable picture of a situation where it makes sense? (Please don't use conspiracy theories, if possible)
ELI5: Why is the word Allegedly is used when a person commits a crime and evidence clearly shows the person committing said crime?
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Law
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ELI5: What is moral conscience?
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Psychology
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ELI5: What is privatization exactly? Good or bad?
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Law
Recently my friends and I were having a sorta layman's debate if privatization of government sectors like airlines or railways etc is good for the country or not. I have no technical idea about this. So enlighten me?
ELI5: Why is water "matte" in some places and "clear" in others?
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false
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Earth Science
I notice it becomes "clear" when a duck swims through it for example, or on the river bank like in the picture example below. http://imgur.com/a/omUyjUP Is it something on the surface of the water? Thanks in advance! Let me know if I can specify :) Also I added the flair "earth science", hope that fits.
ELI5: If we were to create tons of sand or some kind manmade dirt, could we expand the size of the earth?
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Earth Science
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ELI5: WALLSTREET BETS. What is it exactly and what happened?
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R2 (Recent/Current Events)
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Why are diamonds so expensive? Eli5
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Earth Science
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Eli5 the whole hedgefund drama on Reddit
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R2 (Recent/Current Events)
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Eli5:What did they do to gamestop and stocks? Why are companies that mad about it?
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R2 (Recent/Current Events)
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ELI5: Why did/some still find Richard Ramirez (the night stalker) attractive?
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R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5: Why are the rocks in the western US all red. I know it is iron but why is there so much iron in the west?
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false
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Planetary Science
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ELI5: If higher frequency radiation has a harder time penetrating objects, then why do we use X-rays to see bones?
w9s4va
false
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R6 (Loaded/False Premise)
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ELI5: Why is it hard to see in windows when it's light out but easy to see in them when it's dark out?
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R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: Why do recipe sites hide the instructions at the bottom of the page?
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R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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ELI5: Why did Remington pay out the parents of the sandy hook shooting?
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R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation)
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eli5 the baby petted the ostrich
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Planetary Science
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ELI5: why can’t we look directly at the sun?
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R2 (Straightforward)
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eli5: What causes recession?
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R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: How do dissolving stitches know when to dissolve?
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R2 (Medical)
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Eli5 where “egg yellows” go when companies make “egg whites”?
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R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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ELI5: why do American politicians continue to get away with increasingly awful behaviour?
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R2 (Religion/Politics)
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ELI5: Is fresh rice pulled directly from rice paddies edible?
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R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5 How do adblockers work?
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false
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R2 (Whole topic)
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Eli5 why senses are heightened sometimes
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R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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Eli5: How is it possible for toothpaste to come out in three seperate colours when mixed in tube.
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R7 (Search First)
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ELI5: Why are humans so captivated by mysteries?
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Psychology
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ELI5: How do light years work? Do we move at light year pace in comparison to other animals like ants?
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Planetary Science
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ELI5: Stress induced Muscle Tension
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R2 (Narrow/Personal)
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Eli5: Federal meetings that the news are talking about
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R2 (Recent/Current Events)
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ElI5: Why does HR 8 need 60 votes rather than a simple majority?
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R2 (Religion/Politics)
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ELI5: why when someone says something like I'm disappointed in you or anything else that makes you think they think less of you, you suddenly feel sad
ctq86o
false
explainlikeimfive
Psychology
Like physical pain doesn't make me cry, but anything that makes me think that someone doesn't like me as much as they used to from something they said I suddenly feel like crying or do cry
ELI5: How do wild animals differentiate edible berries from poisonous ones?
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Planetary Science
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ELI5: If the Inflation Reduction Act passes, won’t the 15% corporation be pushed onto consumers?
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false
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R2 (Subjective/Speculative)
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Eli5: How quick do you have to be in a man overboard situation on a ship?
wdrlfu
false
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R2 (Narrow)
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eli5: how can space be finite?
wdvmld
false
explainlikeimfive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: what’s the difference between a cyclone and a tornado?
wdw23e
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explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: Why do electronics break over time even no damage was done to them?
we3nda
false
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R6 (Loaded/False Premise)
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ELI5: How efficient is our body in converting food into energy?
we7nw9
false
explainlikeimfive
R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5: Is there any difference in Spanish from Mexico and Spain? Similar to US and European English?
we7t21
false
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R2 (Straightforward)
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ELI5 I am in the Navy and when we do random drug tests I have to lower my trousers and underwear to my knees for observed drug tests. Why is this required?
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R2 (Straightforward)
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Eli5: How is making a game an exclusive for a game console is not a type of monopoly?
weebj9
false
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R2 (Narrow)
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ELI5: why do you suddenly need to go to the bathroom much more when it is in sight, compared to when it is not?
avy6h4
false
explainlikeimfive
Psychology
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ELI5: why do baths always feel better when someone else has run it??!!
aw7sp0
false
explainlikeimfive
Psychology
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ELI5: What makes someone pee shy when standing next to someone else at the urinals?
dp5epu
false
explainlikeimfive
Psychology
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ELI5: What makes us like one music more than other?
csh4yw
false
explainlikeimfive
Psychology
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ELI5: Why do some humans find it satisfying to watch things get destroyed?
gcc598
false
explainlikeimfive
Psychology
Eg. things in hydraulic presses, a giant arrangement of dominoes collapsing, matchstick arrangements catching fire entirely, etc.
ELI5: Why are certain minerals/ elements only in certain parts of the world?
gc5b8s
false
explainlikeimfive
Geology
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ELI5: When I was a kid maps and globes showed 2 Antarcticas (one at the top, one at the bottom) - Maps in 2020 do not show an Antarctica above Greenland - Why?
gc6xgc
false
explainlikeimfive
Geology
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ELI5: How do people like Kanye West get declared at bankrupt with their obvious wealth such as housing, cars, etc... without having to pay back any of that bankruptcy debt?
dcvn9w
false
explainlikeimfive
Law
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