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ELI5: What went wrong to allow a hacker to shut down the Colonial Pipeline? Aren't industrial control system supposed to be air-gapped? | nbn8co | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Recent/Current Events) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why at a distance the ground appears to be wobbly in extreme heat? | nbo86j | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
eli5 How come we don't read/hear big time on the news about global hackers being hunted down like they would if it they were bombers or hijackers etc? | nbz44u | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why are there black patches on the suns surface? | ug7ah4 | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | null |
ELI5: Why do clouds seem to all level off at a certain height in the sky, as if they’re on an invisible shelf? | ufu8g9 | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5: Why/how are squatters rights a thing? | ug0k41 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
ELI5: What exactly does doxxing someone do? | ug10qx | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why aren't cashiers/tills automated on a large scale at stores? | ug2v3n | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5: How come riding in a car on for example a road trip makes a person really tired? Even if they just rode in the car all day and didn’t do anything else? | ugam58 | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: Is it still self defense if you hit or kill a minor who's trying to attack or even murder another person, relative, animal or yourself? | ugf3rb | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
ELI5: How do scientists know the universe is expanding? | t54j7o | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | null |
ELI5: Generally speaking, why do video games with stylized graphics depict water so much better than games that go for realism? | t4q1jr | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
Eli5: How to explain the vastness of the Earth to a layperson or a child, I mean like someway that is easy to imagine, for example, if I was in a flying car, traveling at 100 Km/H, how many days would it take to see the whole Earth, for example if I have 5 KM visibility on my both sides? | t4tddr | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5: The price of oil is skyrocketing, but how is this possible if the US and other countries are releasing their oil reserves (adding supply)? | t4voo1 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Recent/Current Events) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why are so many soldiers found dead with their legs crossed? | t4y7pl | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5- What is UNIX and LINUX? | t532yp | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: why we can see the air going whoomp whoomp whoomp when it’s hot outside? | t56vzv | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: If freedom of speech does not equal freedom of consequence, what is the benefit / point of free speech? | t5ajmz | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why traveling through boats and small ships is not mode of transport when trains and busses are? | t5dqsm | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why do video games have a “press any button to continue” screen on startup? | t5g736 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5 How can I deactivate the search with one touch on my phone? | t5gfxw | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
Eli5, if we can take deep space shots of distant solar systems why can’t they use the same cameras to take shots of the surface of planets that are closer. | 10osabw | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | null |
Eli5: If blue fire are the hottest why are alcohol fires so cool? | 10otd28 | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (False Premise) | null |
ELI5: What causes the stomach to make an audible grumble noise when it requires food? | 10ozhpm | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | null |
Eli5 are there explanations of culture wars from people not understanding it or on a "side"? | 10oklnz | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Questions must seek objective explanations) | [removed] |
Eli5 Is there any scientific basis to the idea that people are affected by a full moon? | 10ooo0t | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5: Is there any reason for having USB 2.0 ports in a USB 3.0 age other than price? | 10ou1oq | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5 Spiderman is realgod | 10ovgdd | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
[ELI5] Where does the lore of 40k originate, and who decides on the validity around the history? | 10ox7zt | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Fiction) | [removed] |
ELI5 - Why do criminals get sentenced to Life without Parole PLUS ten years for example? | 10oyf4z | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
Eli5: How and why do our brains make us feel so awful about ourselves sometimes? | 10oyspe | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
Eli5: why does a grilled cheese sandwich seem way more filling than a cheese sandwich. | 10p0390 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Questions must seek objective explanations) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why are we more immune to fungi than bacteria and viruses? | 10p24l8 | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
Eli5 Do vitamins and supplements actually make a noteworthy difference? | 10p5ay4 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: How do you check the vision of a baby/toddler? | 10p5kd1 | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
eli5: what is a singularity? | 10pfw6f | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
eli5: How do erections work? Do they sometimes happen unintentionally? | 10oyiw6 | true | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: How is it that people can easily walk many miles but standing still for 20 minutes makes you uncomfortable ? | zjznar | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | null |
ELI5: Why do shops that sell the exact same thing locate next to each other? Wouldn't it male more sense to locate in an underserved area? | zk6pi6 | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | null |
ELI5: If the feeling of heat is created on your skin by the sun’s light, how is weather predicted? | zjxtlf | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
ELI5: how come all the massive scientific breakthroughs only seem to have occurred in the past? Is it because we only now realise how massive they are? | zkdaf7 | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why are some parts of the world bright at nighttime? | zkjxoz | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow) | [removed] |
eli5 How do we know meteorites came from beyond our solar system? | zjzrvz | true | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5 : Why is pancreas cancer so mortal compared to other cancers? | vm6qpj | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: why can you multiply by zero but not divide by zero? | vmbx1o | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
eli5: if someone drank water constantly for hours, could they pee without stopping? | vmbxwy | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: What is a drought? When we have rain, why doesn't that mean a drought is over? | vmf9qb | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
eli5 What does a concussion feel like? | vmfbvd | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5 - Similar to how light pollution from cities limits our view of stars in the night sky, does the nearby sun limit our view of the observable universe? If we traveled out of the solar system, or even out of the Milky Way galaxy, could we see further out into the universe? | vmk6ip | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5: Why is some blood consumable, but my own is not? | vmmmaw | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
Eli5: what do Americans mean when they say they're free? Don't most other countries have freedom too? | vmp3x7 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5 German post-secondary/university system and requirements. | vmyhho | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5 how heatwaves happen, when it's not like the sun gets dramatically closer or further away week to week? | vyu9pw | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | null |
ELI5: Why is Jupiter’s aurora blue in Hubble photographs when the predominant aurora color on Earth is green? | vyvk9n | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | null |
eli5. If the JWST is looking back in time, doesn't it stand to reason that there is also a forward in time? Certainly we are neither the center nor the leading edge of the universe? | vy8z86 | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
Eli5: what are the social and psychological factors that seemingly cause subconscious feelings and actions of repelling and attraction that one individual has to new people that individual encounters? | vy9k1a | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5 What is the new normal? | vyaskv | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: why do we actually need margins on paper? | vybluf | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why can't water be compressed? | vycmfq | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
ELI5: How does raising interest rates help combat inflation? | vyepxj | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
Eli5: What’s cutting against the grain? | vygn90 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5 How does one measure the distance of heavenly bodies (galaxies, stars, etc)? | vyhd62 | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5 what causes inflation and how do raising interest rates fix anything? | vyjl8b | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: How can countries expect another country (like Iran) to not develop nuclear weapons in the 21st century? | vym6vc | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Religion/Politics) | [removed] |
ELI5: How does zoning out work? | vyoi48 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why do we enjoy hugging? | vyt8ys | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5 how tourists in African safari can get so close to dangerous wildlife? | vyty5a | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: How is it possible that when looking at space, we are observing it from years ago? | vyvser | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: How are social media influencer’s not being sued by convincing millions to invest into shady/crooked investment deals that end up going bust? | vywbfj | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
ELI5: can foreigners freely visit the U.S? | vywkso | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why have we not achieved world peace? | vyyrdc | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5 whats the justification of no pain management when getting an IUD? or the Blatant denial that it causes pain? Asking as a man who's familynmembers had one done, including fiance. | vz0s3n | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5: In space there is no atmosphere. Given this, how close would you have to get to the sun to get the same level of light we have on earth? | q3kwux | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | null |
ELI5: Can someone explain why are MEMEs called memes? | q2vzpp | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: How can blood pressure be accurately measured with a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff? | q2y0cy | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: Does setting a mobile device (i.e. smartphobe/tablet) on it's back damage the camera? | q33wq4 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5 - Wouldn’t minting a trillion dollar coin devalue the US currency? | q3968p | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Hypothetical) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why do people go to strip clubs? | q3cqci | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5: How can the US just decide to mint a trillion dollar coin? Besides solving the debt ceiling problem (a positive) what be some problems this brings? | q3db8c | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Recent/Current Events) | [removed] |
eli5 What do I need to know to understand the basics of day trading? | q3dc1h | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5 why is it important for engineers to study sociology? | q3h9ge | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
Eli5 : please provide some basic to mid advance physics terminologies with the definitions | q3hzny | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Whole topic) | [removed] |
ELI5: What is actually happening to these drugged up people that seem to be sleeping while barely standing up? | q3mzoa | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
eli5 : Inhalation of Brown Air 02 + H2 | q3nslf | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why do car batteries die If the car isn't started in a while, if I don't use my mobile the battery doesn't die why isn't it the same principle for a car | q3vbqu | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
eli5: How do they find what a planet's core is made of? | q3vfhb | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5 What is Moore v Harper? | z1iu35 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow) | null |
ELI5: What is the difference between civil twilight, astronomical twilight, and nautical twilight? | z1mkb0 | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | null |
Eli5: If water is H20, how does another oxygen atom, make it a whole other compound with a irritating properties? | z1zr7z | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | null |
Eli5 why are some brain injuries severe and some are not? | z20om8 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | null |
eli5: How are historical facial reconstructions made? | z1plyz | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5 why does installing items like games and movies take so long, but deleting takes merely a click? | z1ykfk | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
Eli5: How do offsides work in soccer? | z1zlwg | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
eli5: What is happening with Christiano Ronaldo and Man U? | z205qc | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Recent/Current Events) | [removed] |
eli5: What Gives Money Its Value? | z24lr8 | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: how come bad eyesights are so common | ugnp1g | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: can someone explain me the concept of time, like I know that black holes can distort time, but how? | ugsscu | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5 how Panpsychism is supposed to be a plausible theory. | ugtqdv | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
eli5 - CRYPTO.com - Whats Happening, why has it happened and why is it Bad? | ugurgb | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Recent/Current Events) | [removed] |
ELI5 Why Moon appears on the ‘other side’ of the sky on some nights? | ugwl2l | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |