/f/explainlikeimfive

Submissions
Comments

- Hot
- New
- Active
- Top
- Controversial
- Most commented

ELI5: How does Insulin Resistance work and why does it effect day to day life and/or weightloss???

Submitted by TrigonSpawn t3_z8xaxk on November 30, 2022 at 5:25 PM

8 comments

ELI5: How does machine learning work?

Submitted by Nightmarewasta t3_z8noi0 on November 30, 2022 at 10:05 AM

17 comments

ELI5: Why do condoms have so many different types (invisible, extra safe, feel thin, etc). How do you know which one to pick?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z7nmku on November 29, 2022 at 8:11 AM

27 comments

eli5 Are GMT and UTC timezones somehow different? If so, how?

Submitted by CrispyDairy t3_z8n2kp on November 30, 2022 at 9:29 AM

15 comments

ELI5: Why are pills those specific shapes and sizes? I've noticed ibuprofen is always smaller and tastes sweeter than paracetamol. Codeine is tiny and amoxiclav pills are huge. Is this to make it harder to confuse them, or is it because of the way the active ingredient is released in the stomach?

Submitted by mwclarkson t3_z8rtxi on November 30, 2022 at 1:42 PM

29 comments

ELI5: why can you hear when a glass is being filled up with water?

Submitted by RestlessARBIT3R t3_z8wfri on November 30, 2022 at 4:51 PM

11 comments

ELI5 If money can come out of nowhere, can't it pop into somewhere?

Submitted by TheKrillers t3_z8sslw on November 30, 2022 at 2:24 PM

8 comments

ELI5 Why can someone easily pick up other signals on a walkie-talkie, but you can’t easily listen in to cellphone conversations?

Submitted by king063 t3_z8cz40 on November 30, 2022 at 1:30 AM

9 comments

ELI5: If a company is public and a person owns 75% of the shares, can they be kicked out/fired by other board members?

Submitted by OrdinarilyAliveHuman t3_z8jo30 on November 30, 2022 at 6:24 AM

29 comments

ELI5: Why is wales a country but not the states of the US

Submitted by coolredditfan t3_z8aimh on November 29, 2022 at 11:52 PM

20 comments

ELI5: Would the sound of a spaceship leaving Earth slowly disappear to the people inside of it?

Submitted by 4thesuns t3_z841z9 on November 29, 2022 at 7:50 PM

12 comments

ELI5 How is the Tether price I pay determined?

Submitted by LGZee t3_z8edeu on November 30, 2022 at 2:26 AM

6 comments

Eli5 “What would happen if the vacuum of space was removed and we could hear the sound of space?”

Submitted by jay-savageII t3_z8vgb2 on November 30, 2022 at 4:12 PM

6 comments

ELI5: How were a group of obscure companies the cause of the 2008 financial crisis?

Submitted by WartimeHotTot t3_z8lap1 on November 30, 2022 at 7:47 AM

6 comments

ELI5: How is that space is “flat” yet we are able to look around the universe (up, down, left, right, etc.,) as if it were not flat?

Submitted by nhabz t3_z8satk on November 30, 2022 at 2:03 PM

26 comments

ELI5: Why do 26°C (78°F) feel colder in the water than 26°C (78°F) air temperature?

Submitted by GrooveBeatz t3_z8tykx on November 30, 2022 at 3:12 PM

7 comments

ELI5: are megapixels just resolution but for still images?

Submitted by weakgutteddog27 t3_z8lbcm on November 30, 2022 at 7:48 AM

7 comments

ELI5: To catch a predator case legality?

Submitted by Appropriate-Job-8792 t3_z8s4xp on November 30, 2022 at 1:56 PM

6 comments

eli5: Why do songs get stuck in your head even if you haven’t listened to them recently?

Submitted by SargeMaximus t3_z8n03m on November 30, 2022 at 9:25 AM

5 comments

Eli5: Why do laptops run more efficiently when connected directly to power?

Submitted by Bet_the_Flop t3_z74hiv on November 28, 2022 at 6:40 PM

13 comments

ELI5 How is sitting for prolonged durations (<1hour) bad for your body?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z8jisb on November 30, 2022 at 6:17 AM

9 comments

ELI5 why older cartridge games freeze on a single frame rather than crashing completely? What makes the console "stick" on the last given instruction, rather than cutting to a color or corrupting the screen?

Submitted by psychoPiper t3_z8qp21 on November 30, 2022 at 12:50 PM

No comments

ELI5 Why do Football (Soccer) players “flop”, that is fake or exaggerate injuries, so often?

Submitted by Wasingtheisofwas t3_z8pupr on November 30, 2022 at 12:08 PM

8 comments

ELI5: What actually happens when an ambassador is “summoned” by the Foreign Office?

Submitted by iwanttobepart t3_z8pien on November 30, 2022 at 11:50 AM

6 comments

Eli5: What does it exactly mean when doctor says a baby is born addicted to crack?

Submitted by SuspiciousBeing6499 t3_z89ira on November 29, 2022 at 11:14 PM

19 comments