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ELI5: VPNs, Proxies, and Torrents.

Submitted by Yoyoyodog123 t3_z7avwd on November 28, 2022 at 10:31 PM

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ELI5: How can medicine or multivitamins target a specific part of the body when it's all consumed the same way?

Submitted by shukii89 t3_z75dbt on November 28, 2022 at 7:12 PM

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ELI5 what is dy/dx?

Submitted by EarlaSallow t3_z774l2 on November 28, 2022 at 8:15 PM

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ELI5: how are chinese protesters able to post videos with the great chinese firewall controlling internet?

Submitted by TImetalker t3_z6p3gg on November 28, 2022 at 6:32 AM

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Eli5: How do companies predict if gas will go up tomorrow?

Submitted by robric18 t3_z6916m on November 27, 2022 at 6:46 PM

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ELI5: Why does it seem to be harder for women to control their bladders?

Submitted by RandomKidIsMe t3_z5nhim on November 27, 2022 at 1:10 AM

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ELI5: Why are things like nest building or beaver dams not considered “tool use” when looking at animal intelligence?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z772nc on November 28, 2022 at 8:14 PM

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ELI5: Why are whole tunas bought for so much when canned tuna is one of the cheapest foods you can get?

Submitted by Nut_Chorizo t3_z77ko1 on November 28, 2022 at 8:32 PM

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ELI5: What do food product labels that say “whole wheat” or “100% whole grain wheat” mean? Are these better for health?

Submitted by acousticentropy t3_z72uub on November 28, 2022 at 5:40 PM

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ELI5: How is our body able withstand the pressure of miles of air in the atmosphere?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z72gte on November 28, 2022 at 5:25 PM

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eli5: Why do people who have major blood loss need transfusions?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z6um4p on November 28, 2022 at 11:55 AM

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ELI5- How do people find lost or unknown relatives through DNA if the lost relative has never taken a DNA test?

Submitted by Future_Train_9723 t3_z70hsx on November 28, 2022 at 4:12 PM

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ELI5: If allergies, and especially anaphylaxis, are so common, why do we still need prescriptions for epi pens and such?

Submitted by boomokasharoomo t3_z65ydd on November 27, 2022 at 4:47 PM

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ELI5: How are archers “efficient” in combat?

Submitted by Environmental_Point3 t3_z4hnkj on November 25, 2022 at 4:33 PM

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ELI5:How did people start calling police officer using a ''nickname''?

Submitted by PokeBattle_Fan t3_z6tdti on November 28, 2022 at 10:44 AM

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ELI5: Can I charge whatever I want for a product or are there laws against that?

Submitted by Zondartul t3_z6vism on November 28, 2022 at 12:39 PM

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ELI5: Health insurance basics. What are copay and deductibles and can you use them in some basic examples?

Submitted by OvernightSiren t3_z6p7k5 on November 28, 2022 at 6:38 AM

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Eli5 why we feel sleepy after eating food

Submitted by T0xicalGr33k t3_z6e01c on November 27, 2022 at 10:00 PM

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ELI5: How does buffalos get so big while being herbivores?

Submitted by Kay1636 t3_z6azff on November 27, 2022 at 8:02 PM

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ELI5: what actually is keto, acidosis and keto-acidosis..?

Submitted by Educational-Eye5076 t3_z57j16 on November 26, 2022 at 1:26 PM

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ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly?

Submitted by adunndevster t3_z6monu on November 28, 2022 at 4:27 AM

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Eli5: Why did ships and navies come up with their own system of units (nautical miles, knots, fathoms, etc)? Is it still used?

Submitted by Dewi2020 t3_z6jsxj on November 28, 2022 at 2:06 AM

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eli5. There is no air in space as per science and air is needed to have a fire. What’s the reason the sun keeps burning?

Submitted by Zaiik t3_z6jc8b on November 28, 2022 at 1:44 AM

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Eli5: Old Three Stooges episodes show people occasionally breathing into paper bags as some sort of remedy for emergency situations involving stress or trauma… what was the belief then and what do we now know better about the practice?