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ELI5: What gives V-twin motorcycle engines their unique sound?

Submitted by Agitated_Potato_3052 t3_z6iq50 on November 28, 2022 at 1:17 AM

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eli5: How do veins and arteries work? What's the difference?

Submitted by Enzoid23 t3_z5qd22 on November 27, 2022 at 3:30 AM

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ELI5: Why did geopolitics become focused on West vs East alliances?

Submitted by shockingdevelopment t3_z6br25 on November 27, 2022 at 8:32 PM

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eli5 Why is it not excepted to only have one pair of clothes

Submitted by No-Struggle5102 t3_z6njkd on November 28, 2022 at 5:10 AM

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ELI5: how does fresh water ice forms out of sea water( salty), shouldn't it make salty ice? Does water "purifys" itself during phase conversation or what?

Submitted by UniqueCold3812 t3_z6lkjt on November 28, 2022 at 3:32 AM

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Eli5 - What is the real meaning of being queer?

Submitted by confusedsoul95 t3_z5w5sa on November 27, 2022 at 8:49 AM

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ELI5: Why do you have to turn your car off when you fill up your tank?

Submitted by logan0921 t3_z4vkza on November 26, 2022 at 2:28 AM

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ELI5 how automatic cars avoid chewing up first gear

Submitted by neonpablo t3_z6484n on November 27, 2022 at 3:39 PM

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ELI5: How are bats able to hang upside down for a long periods of time without blood pooling to their heads?

Submitted by Hopeful_Anything_257 t3_z5dqje on November 26, 2022 at 6:04 PM

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ELI5: what exactly is data? What is information? Do they represent anything physical/take up space?

Submitted by Azooz321 t3_z5alo3 on November 26, 2022 at 3:49 PM

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ELI5 Why do NFL teams not sign a extremely tall guy to help block field goal kicks? There is no rule saying you can't jump straight up to try to block the ball.

Submitted by _Volly t3_z6jt5x on November 28, 2022 at 2:06 AM

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ELI5: Why is it bad to turn off your computer by the button, if windows goes through the shutdown process anyway?

Submitted by tjiosse t3_z64tq0 on November 27, 2022 at 4:02 PM

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ELI5 why do you need to turn of hard drives to unplug them instead of just unplugging them

Submitted by Devil_kin1 t3_z613qc on November 27, 2022 at 1:21 PM

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ELI5 If fevers are the body’s defense against viruses, and the body’s top most interest is the preservation of life, then why does the body allow fever temperature to get life threatening high (104+)?

Submitted by TheFaytalist t3_z6c336 on November 27, 2022 at 8:45 PM

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ELI5 : How do electric shocks kill you?

Submitted by EaAeEaAe10 t3_z5y04l on November 27, 2022 at 10:33 AM

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ELI5: why should you not hit two hammers together?

Submitted by Sebas15091 t3_z6hodg on November 28, 2022 at 12:30 AM

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ELI5: Why do we have an INTENSE love for animals?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z647ku on November 27, 2022 at 3:38 PM

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ELI5 what consultancy companies do

Submitted by sgt-ace t3_z64dlo on November 27, 2022 at 3:45 PM

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eli5: Why is it when scientists are looking for planets with possible alien species they only look at planets that could sustain human life?

Submitted by Jcole_Stan t3_z67mot on November 27, 2022 at 5:51 PM

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eli5: why do birds bop their heads when they walk?

Submitted by Capitan_kermit86 t3_z56vn7 on November 26, 2022 at 12:53 PM

17 comments

eli5: flint and wheel lighters vs electric click lighters..why is the flint and wheel still a popular design

Submitted by -WhatCouldGoWrong t3_z5kqie on November 26, 2022 at 11:05 PM

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ELI5: Who actually adjusts a currency exchange rate using global supply and demand data?

Submitted by nowjeon906 t3_z5wsfg on November 27, 2022 at 9:25 AM

9 comments

ELI5 what Adderall does from the perspective of someone who's taken it

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z607c2 on November 27, 2022 at 12:36 PM

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ELI5: In recent years, new formats like webp and jfif have started popping up. However, if I rename them to gif or jpeg, they still work. How can it be that renaming the extension doesn't ruin the image format? Why do they even exist then?

Submitted by Luthemplaer t3_z4xi3p on November 26, 2022 at 4:04 AM

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eli5 Does the blood in cow milk evaporate if you boil it long enough or turn it into condensed milk?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z61wjk on November 27, 2022 at 2:00 PM

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