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ELI5: When our hands, and specifically fingers, touch something wet and, usually, offending (think canned pet food) why do we usually have an urge to sniff it? Seems like a reflex. | tda7r9 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
Eli5:Daylight Savings | tda9a5 | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5: State tax credits for donations, ACA, etc. | tdajs8 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: why do CGI people in movies look so fake? | tdhbu1 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: What helps plants on mountian tops do photosynthesis? | kqivrz | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | Okay this sounds stupid, but for my science assignment, I dont really get it. What are some adaptations that help plants on a mountain top do photosynthesis? Because on mountain tops, its cold and windy, and the plants up there would usually have smaller leaves to minimize frost damage, so it'd be less room to absorb sunlight?? This is stupid but I need an answer |
ELI5: How does medicine stock at pharmacy work? | kpwt27 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Whole topic) | [removed] |
eli5 Why is 5g safe? | kpzegk | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straigthtforward) | [removed] |
ELI5 why are so many ancient artifacts buried underground? | kpzw3n | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5 How can someone have a heart attack/nicotine poisoning smoking a cigarette while on nicotine patches but not when using combination therapy? | kq07z5 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Medical) | [removed] |
ELI5: how does painkiller know specifically what part of me hurts? | kq5y7h | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why don't we use the radical new carbon capture technology of planting trees? | kq63xs | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [removed] |
ELI5 LIBERIA WAS A COUNTRY RAN BY FREED AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVES. THEY ENSLAVED AND SLAUGHTERED LOCAL AFRICANS BECAUSE THEY WERE VIEWED AS INFERIOR. WHY ARE WHITE PEOPLE CHASTISED AND BRANDED AS RACIST TODAY IF BLACK PEOPLE DID THE SAME THING? (BTW. I’m an Aussie POC but I’m not black or white.) | kq68ho | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Whole topic) | [removed] |
ELI5: How are tattoos permanent if the cells in your body are constantly being replaced by new cells? | kq6vhw | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: When you buy a console and want to play online, why do you need to pay for an add on/extra (xbox live, Nintendo online etc) | kq89rh | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straigthtforward) | [removed] |
ELI5 How can the US prosecute Julian Assange for breaking US law if he’s not a US citizen? | kq8ey2 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
(ELI5) How do hackers actually hack companies? Assuming they don't have an actual login and password. | kqauy6 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
Eli5 Why does the barrel of the Glock Handgun slightly point up when the slide is back? | kqc0t1 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straigthtforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why are unions so controversial? | kqejau | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: What exactly are video game engines? | kqfvfw | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
Eli5: how does one know they’ve been shadowbanned | kqg1xl | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Reddit) | [removed] |
ELI5: During hyper inflation, why not keep for instance, a $100,000,000,000 bill, in extreme instances, and then after the depression is over, deposit it into a bank? | kqkyij | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Hypothetical) | [removed] |
ELI5: Can you take a freshly dead cricket’s legs and rub them together to reproduce that sound they make? If not, why not? | vonu7l | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded) | [removed] |
eli5, why ADHD is even considered a mental illness? When the listed "symptoms" basically broadly describes what a kid does (average diagnosis is 7 years old)...heck even I, as an adult, will have a very hard time with things I'm not interested in and "adult" unless I really have to. | voohuq | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5- what is the difference between a business model and business plan? | votbwc | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Whats the difference between or when to use “your highness, excellency and majesty”? | voyplw | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5, what causes a person to be “hangry”? | voz6ex | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5 where does "money for research" go? | voz9km | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
eli5 :Why do devices have to have the strongest damn LED even when they are turned off ? | vp0u1s | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why is paying bond a thing? It's supposed to keep someone "in town" but if anything, isn't it the only thing allowing someone with the money for it to run off? | vp37is | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Could someone please explain this new CO law | vp3z83 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why do girls reject nice guys even though in social media they always claim they want one? | vp5z73 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: How did a food truck get my wife's email to send her a receipt? | vpbxc7 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow) | [removed] |
ELI5 how attorney-client privilege works when a third-party is paying, eg: employer? | vpemj6 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
Eli5: how does it work if I want to transfer to a different online college? | vphqqd | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: What psychological glitch is at play when someone wont believe someone is a compulsive liar when it is obvious to almost anyone else? | df1kyq | false | explainlikeimfive | Psychology | null |
ELi5-Why do Japan have a lot of landslides? | qs88s9 | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | This question popped up on my head. |
Eli5 Hot water recirculation pumps for the home. | qs3jlr | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELi5- Why do Americans own guns? | qs87di | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: What do historians do in the private industry outside of Academia? | qse37a | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5 why does it colder as you get higher? Aren't you technically getting closer to the sun, or only source of heat in this solar system? | qselk6 | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELi5: What is rock strata? | qstqwe | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5 Why are animals testicles seemingly bigger in proportion to their bodies than humans? | qseo4f | true | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5 Patent worthy? Or just stoned silly? | qstp14 | true | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why are tree leaves all different? | ojw17v | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | Wouldn't one, or a small number of shapes be ideal for every tree? Yet many trees can be identified by just their leaves, even when looking at similar ones like white or red oak. A specific tree or even type of tree (like red oak) will all have largely the same leaf, so why over the thousands of years they have existed wouldn't they have all converged to similar leaves. At least in similar climates. |
ELI5: Why weren't stars visible from the moon during Apollo? | okdcwd | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [deleted] |
eli5: does dna formed because of the brain? or the brain formed the dna? | ojz1zj | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: what is thread | ojzbf0 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Suppose I build an electromagnet the size of our solar system... | ok1kvx | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Hypothetical) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why every company is hiring and not retaining employees. | ok3ql2 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
Eli5: What is a filibuster? | ok4stv | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Religion/Politics) | [removed] |
[Eli5]Why do humans need to brush thier teeth for oral health but animals manage just fine? | ok569x | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why are the roads in some states so much worse than in others? | ok985e | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: If we would die if we don't have salt in our diet, how come people with hypertension are asked to lay off it | okd97r | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Medical) | [removed] |
Eli5-What mechanism of evolution lead to different skin tones? | okdi0f | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [removed] |
ELI5: How do “No Purchase Necessary” sweepstakes/prize giveaways work? | okgw3j | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why was the city of Flagstaff so concerned about flash flooding from the Museum Fire scar in 2019? | okhqcl | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why when we repeat a word over and over the word starts to sound foreign? | okmuiq | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
Eli5 the difference between directors, writers, and producers | 113ix1c | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | null |
ELI5: Cult Mentality. How do cults draw people in, no matter how crazy/unreasonable they are? | 113t551 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Questions must seek objective explanations) | null |
ELI5: How do medicines actually work? | 113tjo4 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Questions must seek objective explanations) | null |
ELI5, if the military sells goods, they are a business? Do they have the worst P&L? | 113wv7i | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | null |
ELI5: Why the universe has a limit for everything, for example 300000km/s is the speed limit? | 113z05v | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | null |
Eli5: Why do sports that award points for game outcomes consider a team to be in first place (top of the table) when they have the same number of points with more games played? | 113as0d | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow) | [removed] |
eli5:KissandHugs | 113epov | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5 - why do we need a constitution instead of just laws? | 113hvse | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Companies that promise to plant a tree when you buy something, who checks if they are actually planting the trees? | 113tfkt | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why is beer so calming on my nerves? | 113u1yd | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Questions must seek objective explanations) | [removed] |
ELI5- Why has the wealth gap gotten signifcantly larger over the last 30 years? | tiv33c | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: Wouldn't everyone "waiting for the crash" before they buy mean that a housing crash will never actually happen? | tj8o6s | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
eli5 What is a circlejerk? | tj9e8z | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
eli5: Why does coffee turn tan instead of gray when you add creamer to it? | tjagoz | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why does pronouncing the letter 'm' get weird when you're cold? | tjc9z3 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
[eli5] If a penny costs 1.7 cents because of the value of the copper it's made of, is it possible to convert every cent of my wealth into pennys and melt them all into a giant mass of copper to sell for 170% of what I originally had? | tji9de | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Hypothetical) | [removed] |
ELI5: No matter how filled the public bathroom is with people, I always go to the end stall. Doesn’t matter how big it is, or anything else, I always walk the farthest to get there. Is this a psychological thing? If anyone else does this, why? | tjlt8l | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5 Why do some muscles 'twitch' with seemingly no stimulation? | tjly2x | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Medical) | [removed] |
ELI5: How do stocks work and how can I make money from buying stocks? | trs18i | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: How do seasons exists? Isn't the earth's rotation around the sun constant in speed and distance? The earth's orbit is simetric, isn't it? | trsva6 | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5: Why is an electric vehicle greener than an ICE powered one if the battery is toxic and required to be replaced fairly often, and those problems would be seriously aggravated if you consider the massive scale of changing every car to electric? | truqpp | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why aren't there generic computers for sale | trvhvz | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5 how does the papparazi make money? | trzr3u | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why do old batteries start working for a short while when you bang them before stopping again? | ts2pek | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: can cars read dad's mind? Are they reading his mind and turning on? | ts3aoo | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Whole topic) | [removed] |
ELI5 why a pig contains so many different meats. | ts3e8e | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
ELI5 Why do planes look like they are floating in the air sometimes? | ts44c1 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
eli5 if earth is dying why mars or whatever, why not the deep blue sea | ts74tj | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
ELI5: Why can't more women dunk in basketball? | tsazt2 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: If vampires were real, what would the benefits and disadvantages be of drinking human blood? | tsf3ec | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Fiction) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why was the expansion of Christianity so much more aggressive than other religions | tsj006 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Religion/Politics) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why can a company override your first amendment. | tro0kr | true | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
ELI5: How come clouds are able to stay in the air if they're made up of water? | m3z707 | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | null |
ELI5: How do we know how far away the Sun is? | m4au0q | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [deleted] |
ELI5: Why does the handwriting of older generations always look so distinct and similar, but is noticeably different with younger people? | m3s7z8 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: We’re unfortunately learning firsthand what happens when the Earth warms up due to global warming. What things would we be dealing with if the Earth was cooling down at the same pace (global cooling)? | m3tp12 | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [removed] |
ELI5: Why is it that big companies don't change the name of smaller companies they buy? | m4ayzs | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why are tsunamis said to have really tall waves, when footage of numerous tsunamis just show water rushing in like a flood? | m4bo4z | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [removed] |
ELI5: single person bathrooms | m4fgdr | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: my parents are getting a divorce | m4gna1 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: When talking about sea level rise, do these figures take into account the new area of the ocean? | glog9e | false | explainlikeimfive | Geology | [removed] |
ELI5: What is Determinism? | do0t4x | false | explainlikeimfive | Philosophy | null |
ELI5 : What could anyone do with someone's data? How valuable data is? | z3dsax | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | null |