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ELI5: Why is it easy to drink a large volume of beer, compared to such a large volume of any other liquid?

Submitted by Proof_Objective_5704 t3_yhhi4s on October 30, 2022 at 3:46 PM

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ELI5: how can an outdoor crowd get so bad that people die?

Submitted by notaredditor4life t3_yiazvv on October 31, 2022 at 12:44 PM

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ELI5: I was looking into gravity and energy and discovered why you can't harness energy from gravity. Carry bowling ball up a hill, let it fall from a cliff, the energy doesn't come from gravity, but from you carrying it up the hill, potential energy? I then pictured it as charging aKamehameha? ELI5

Submitted by Comprehensive_Tap131 t3_yhuug0 on October 31, 2022 at 12:06 AM

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ELI5: Why can we see differences between 60, 144, 165 and 240hz if the eye only can process 60fps?

Submitted by Xyraph t3_yhgb3p on October 30, 2022 at 2:57 PM

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ELI5: Why can’t we make spaceships that are seen in shows like Lost In space? I’ve never been able to understand this.

Submitted by FoxLoser t3_yi0lyv on October 31, 2022 at 4:24 AM

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ELI5 , What is the 'metaverse' , how does it work and why did it fail?

Submitted by NorrlandErik t3_yi5wej on October 31, 2022 at 9:14 AM

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ELI5: Can temp agencies hook you up with a temporary job?

Submitted by PlatonicRelationship t3_yi9r2g on October 31, 2022 at 11:57 AM

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ELI5: Why do we have real numbers with one term, complex numbers with two terms, quaternions with four terms, octonions and so on, and nothing in between?

Submitted by wah_bsdk t3_yhsyhd on October 30, 2022 at 10:59 PM

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ELI5: Why do people get sun burnt/tan when sitting still, but don’t when they move?

Submitted by Double-Emu7273 t3_yi8rbl on October 31, 2022 at 11:18 AM

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ELI5: If the James Webb telescope is able to look 13.6 billion light years away, why aren't we looking at the surface of planets to search for life?

Submitted by NolosRTX t3_yhj9ps on October 30, 2022 at 4:53 PM

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ELI5 - How do puddles evaporate if water turns to gas at 100 Celsius?

Submitted by takeonme02 t3_yi7s8e on October 31, 2022 at 10:38 AM

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ELI5: If you drink a gallon of milk a day before it’s expiration date, would it go bad in your stomach and make you sick? Or would nothing happen?

Submitted by br0ken-rec0rd t3_yhx1qu on October 31, 2022 at 1:30 AM

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ELI5: Why are computers more vulnerable to hackers than phones?

Submitted by TeaTime7079 t3_yi2tqx on October 31, 2022 at 6:27 AM

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ELI5: Why are the colours in rainbows in separate lines?

Submitted by Oheligud t3_yh9wwi on October 30, 2022 at 9:17 AM

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ELI5: If you can't defibrillate a stopped heart, how are hearts restarted after bypass surgeries?

Submitted by Tos-ka t3_yhxfik on October 31, 2022 at 1:48 AM

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ELI5 How is advertising effectiveness tested?

Submitted by DarthChicken89 t3_yhfcuw on October 30, 2022 at 2:15 PM

9 comments

eli5 What are phonons? (this is not a typo, I do not mean "photons")

Submitted by PlesiothX t3_yhndi4 on October 30, 2022 at 7:23 PM

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ELI5: Why are you more likely to get sick if you get drenched in the rain?

Submitted by Rockin_N t3_yhtqau on October 30, 2022 at 11:25 PM

8 comments

eli5: why can't humidifier be in direct sunlight?

Submitted by Jackhow123 t3_yh8fac on October 30, 2022 at 7:58 AM

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ELI5 how can a hacker crack a password but avoid the "login attempt lockout" timers?

Submitted by otherother_Barry t3_yhmfk5 on October 30, 2022 at 6:45 PM

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(eli5) how fast would a cylinder that is 3cm wide, 15cm long, and weighing 1kg accelerate through atmosphere, if given a constant thrust of 2500kg. (for the sake of air resistance assume the cylinder is vertical in relation to the thrust.)

Submitted by dudewasup111 t3_yi1qmy on October 31, 2022 at 5:25 AM

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ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began?

Submitted by copperdomebodhi t3_ygz4vy on October 30, 2022 at 12:01 AM

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eli5 : Why all the countries don't have the same time?

Submitted by ThiccBoi___ t3_yhegd3 on October 30, 2022 at 1:35 PM

18 comments

Eli5: Why does cold water help a burn heal?

Submitted by postmanmalone123 t3_yhdmun on October 30, 2022 at 12:56 PM

8 comments

ELI5 Are there any practical alternative fuel sources that alien civilizations might have if they weren't lucky enough to have oil and trees?

Submitted by retsot t3_yhun41 on October 30, 2022 at 11:58 PM

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