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Eli5: How are people unhappy about being overweight, that is something you can change like 80% of the work is changing your diet I'm decently healthy and most healthy food taste good

Submitted by biggerthenuFR t3_yfdse5 on October 28, 2022 at 4:24 AM

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ELI5: If and object heats up due to a lot of movement in the atoms, can you theoretically shake a liquid inside a container so fast it heats up?

Submitted by thisboi1738 t3_yffygy on October 28, 2022 at 6:08 AM

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ELI5: Given that eating is one of the primary needs for survival, why are human babies so reluctant about eating? They will put all kinds of things in their mouths except for the food the parent is trying to feed them.

Submitted by AntarcticaLTE t3_yfdn5v on October 28, 2022 at 4:17 AM

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ELI5: The fringe idea that Aftican-Americans are Jewish.

Submitted by [deleted] t3_yf4z9e on October 27, 2022 at 10:09 PM

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Eli5 How do people maintain sportsmanships in the most violent sports

Submitted by Open-Secretary5065 t3_yesjfg on October 27, 2022 at 1:52 PM

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ELI5: If people make crack with baking soda .... why can't you just smoke baking soda? Why isn't it controlled or illegal?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_yf3xw2 on October 27, 2022 at 9:28 PM

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eli5: Can someone explain the reason why, when writing with a pen and it chokes up and doesn’t write, it still won’t write when you go over the same line again even though it will write just fine off to the margin?

Submitted by millhows t3_yf3v9c on October 27, 2022 at 9:25 PM

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Eli5: why is the heart off to one side and not in the center?

Submitted by yalag t3_yexqvl on October 27, 2022 at 5:19 PM

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(eli5) How do people get super rich with real estate?

Submitted by neverever1298 t3_yenyv5 on October 27, 2022 at 10:03 AM

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ELI5: What exactly is the "rat race" and how does it apply to humans?

Submitted by HykaliaN t3_yej16y on October 27, 2022 at 5:00 AM

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eli5: why music (without lyrics) makes us emotional?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_yeoixm on October 27, 2022 at 10:36 AM

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ELI5: Why can't we copy console games to another dvd/bluray?

Submitted by Belfast2K t3_yerzo4 on October 27, 2022 at 1:28 PM

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eli5, if cigarettes are so bad for us with all the chemicals that are in them. why are they allowed to put them in there in the first place?

Submitted by hellother73 t3_yepqzb on October 27, 2022 at 11:42 AM

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ELI5 : how does a air-air missile track an aircraft that is constantly changing it’s direction while also traveling supersonic?

Submitted by theconcorde t3_yensor on October 27, 2022 at 9:52 AM

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ELI5 - How does the "second skin" used for tattoo recovery actually work?

Submitted by VulkanL1v3s t3_ye86n1 on October 26, 2022 at 8:33 PM

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ELI5 Puts, & Call Options?

Submitted by nemes1sx1st t3_ydtohb on October 26, 2022 at 9:30 AM

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Eli5 how did we make the first computer

Submitted by Bamisher_007 t3_ydpi18 on October 26, 2022 at 5:03 AM

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ELI5 Why hasn’t anyone been able to cure seasonal allergies?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_yedf26 on October 27, 2022 at 12:20 AM

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Eli5: I don't understand why there seems to be a general consensus that gdp will continue a trend of growth, and why this would be beneficial, considering the cyclical nature of economies and empires rising and falling. Isn't economic downturn on some level unavoidable or even beneficial?

Submitted by candymannequin t3_ydb3qp on October 25, 2022 at 5:50 PM

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ELI5: How do ‘Jelly Belly’ Jelly beans (almost) perfectly imitate the flavors of coconut, rotten milk, toothpaste, etc if they’re just pieces of candy?

Submitted by Arakis-balls t3_ye8h8k on October 26, 2022 at 8:46 PM

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ELI5: What skills could an F1 racer possibly need?

Submitted by Cold_Chemical5151 t3_ydw7vz on October 26, 2022 at 11:54 AM

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ELI5: Why is it named "fertilized egg" not "fertilized sperm"?

Submitted by Motor_Jelly3472 t3_ye6a2w on October 26, 2022 at 7:14 PM

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ELI5 Can cooked chicken infect raw chicken and make it go bad? Like reverse cross contamination?

Submitted by Queen_of_Crows0 t3_ye3ezq on October 26, 2022 at 5:14 PM

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ELI5: Why are most ELI5 more like an ELI10?

Submitted by ultrasrule t3_ye3f4a on October 26, 2022 at 5:14 PM

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eli5 how a flight with far off connection, costs less than direct one

Submitted by Danondogg t3_ye3ad4 on October 26, 2022 at 5:08 PM

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