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ELI5: How come these fake videos on FB are always so damn long?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z4c5w8 on November 25, 2022 at 12:25 PM

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ELI5 how does grading on a curve work?

Submitted by mysteriouslime t3_z4gpi8 on November 25, 2022 at 3:55 PM

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ELI5: How is it that we can't see sprains in X-ray? My x-ray turns out perfect even though I'm hurting so much.

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z4969w on November 25, 2022 at 9:31 AM

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Eli5 - What gives almost everything from the sea (from fish to shrimp to clams to seaweed) a 'seafood' flavour?

Submitted by micro_haila t3_z4d27j on November 25, 2022 at 1:11 PM

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ELI5: Whats does compute credits in Google Colab actually do to the code running speed as opposed to normal free Colab

Submitted by blry2468 t3_z480bs on November 25, 2022 at 8:18 AM

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ELI5 How do card readers for online banking work if they are not connected to the internet?

Submitted by Koopatrillion t3_yzf0mm on November 19, 2022 at 3:55 PM

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ELI5 why does there appear to be universal law that’d when things happen frequently they aren’t intense and when things happen rarely they are intense?

Submitted by MeeMeeMo0Mo0 t3_z42yee on November 25, 2022 at 3:43 AM

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ELI5: Why sometimes we lose saturation in one eye?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z47dmv on November 25, 2022 at 7:40 AM

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ELI5: Why couldn't something that says "Cook at 400 degrees for 15 minutes" theoretically be cooked at 6000 degrees for 1 minute?

Submitted by BitchImLilBaby t3_z3a6kv on November 24, 2022 at 4:25 AM

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ELI5: how do old people still fall for scams all the time?

Submitted by Coffee_In_Nebula t3_z3ok2c on November 24, 2022 at 4:40 PM

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eli5 when do you use the semicolon?

Submitted by International_Farm29 t3_z3yx5g on November 25, 2022 at 12:21 AM

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eli5: Why do casinos hate it when you count cards?

Submitted by LalkMe t3_z3yr45 on November 25, 2022 at 12:12 AM

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Eli5: Why hasn't VR/AR become mainstream?

Submitted by couture1055 t3_z3w03r on November 24, 2022 at 10:07 PM

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ELI5 What the fudge is politics?

Submitted by MalePerson21 t3_z3rhl8 on November 24, 2022 at 6:44 PM

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ELI5: How does the fluid get in your sinuses?

Submitted by Arabellatara t3_z2uhlc on November 23, 2022 at 5:05 PM

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ELI5: Why do humans like music?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z2zn99 on November 23, 2022 at 8:29 PM

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ELI5: How are there so many videos, etc. of people interacting with bears peacefully even though they aren't domesticated?

Submitted by FightMilkLLC t3_z3kcv6 on November 24, 2022 at 1:45 PM

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Eli5: if there are a ton of harmful bacteria in every persons mouth, why is it relatively safe to give/receive oral when genitalia is so sensitive to foreign bacteria?

Submitted by Curious-Nothing6234 t3_z3b1h2 on November 24, 2022 at 5:11 AM

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ELI5 How can you look at Earth from another point in the universe and see a past version of itself?

Submitted by SPLIFF_BAYLESS t3_z2zgp9 on November 23, 2022 at 8:22 PM

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ELI5 Why is accountability missing from politics and the wealthy?

Submitted by Whosewe t3_z33wdf on November 23, 2022 at 11:23 PM

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ELI5: What is the difference between classes, constructors, structs and methods in C#

Submitted by Sure-Ad-5053 t3_z1wxoe on November 22, 2022 at 3:48 PM

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ELI5: Why does water taste horrible after eating an apple?

Submitted by whereami8017 t3_z2jv02 on November 23, 2022 at 8:39 AM

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ELI5 - where does skin in your body stop being skin? Is the roof of the mouth skin? The back of the throat? How does skin attach and transition to non-skin flesh?

Submitted by DangerMacAwesome t3_z31czj on November 23, 2022 at 9:38 PM

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ELI5 how does one react when stabbed from behind?

Submitted by middleson_themiddle t3_z2n4p4 on November 23, 2022 at 11:51 AM

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ELI5- Are lithium batteries in electric cars more dangerous or hazardous than a gasoline car? If so, why or why not?

Submitted by Sensate60 t3_z2trzw on November 23, 2022 at 4:38 PM

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