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ELI5: If I were to eat a thousand Snickers bars, I would put on significantly more weight than if I were to eat a thousand heads of cabbage despite the huge disparity in weight of the pre-consumed food. Where does this mass come from?

Submitted by marcuschookt t3_zzspww on December 31, 2022 at 12:07 PM

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ELI5: It’s quite clear that alcohol and cigarettes are bad for our health, why are they still around?

Submitted by kinotico t3_1004ewp on December 31, 2022 at 9:41 PM

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ELI5: Why do companies require annual budget be spent 100%?

Submitted by angrybird7677 t3_zzswm0 on December 31, 2022 at 12:18 PM

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Eli5 why do we as humans, globally, accept to pay a different price for the exact same product just somewhere else on the globe?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_1001ien on December 31, 2022 at 7:21 PM

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ELI5 why do people refer to it as the pacific northwest rather than simply the northwest?

Submitted by Longshot_Louie t3_zztpwv on December 31, 2022 at 1:06 PM

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ELI5: Why is it that, at some gas stations, it’s cheaper to pay with cash instead a credit card?

Submitted by tgjj530 t3_zzacc8 on December 30, 2022 at 8:17 PM

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Eli5: Why when you yawn your hearing goes down?

Submitted by Big_carrot_69 t3_zzfv1u on December 31, 2022 at 12:07 AM

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ELI5: How do services like YouTube simulatenously stream to thousands of users?

Submitted by NativeSonSF t3_zzn7uk on December 31, 2022 at 6:12 AM

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eli5 Interest is confusing

Submitted by maddskate t3_10040li on December 31, 2022 at 9:22 PM

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ELI5: How come when you jump inside a moving subway, you land where you are, but if you jump on the roof of the subway, the subway quickly passes under you?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zzwweo on December 31, 2022 at 3:48 PM

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ELI5 why Vaseline doesn't give me face acne but simply resting my head on my pillow does?

Submitted by Diligent_Jury_9956 t3_10041m7 on December 31, 2022 at 9:23 PM

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ELI5: What makes the rust on a rusty nail different from the rust on shaving razors to where one needs an immediate tetanus shot and the other happens daily

Submitted by DrySyllabub2563 t3_zztg7p on December 31, 2022 at 12:51 PM

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Eli5, how does food and liquid become separated in the body and never comes out the wrong “hole”

Submitted by Huntercxle t3_zzx4fm on December 31, 2022 at 3:58 PM

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ELI5: How do forges melt heat resistant metals like steel...

Submitted by Zeoinx t3_zzxffx on December 31, 2022 at 4:12 PM

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eli5 Christian vs Catholic?

Submitted by shad0w_qween t3_10013sj on December 31, 2022 at 7:02 PM

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ELI5: Why aren't there more hung juries?

Submitted by appa-ate-momo t3_zz823l on December 30, 2022 at 6:44 PM

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ELI5: Why does putting one foot out from under the blankets bring so much relief of heat while laying in bed?

Submitted by SirDuke6 t3_zz5hg9 on December 30, 2022 at 5:00 PM

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ELI5: How do they take an MRI of a heart when it's still pumping, and therefore moving?

Submitted by Vespiri2d t3_zzudio on December 31, 2022 at 1:41 PM

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eli5 Circadian Rhythym. how do people that don't know what time it is when they fall asleep still wake up at the same time every day?

Submitted by Master_Vannaka t3_zzrtoj on December 31, 2022 at 11:10 AM

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eli5 If people will die being up-side-down for too long, why do babies in the womb not die?

Submitted by IJustBeTalking t3_zzzuwr on December 31, 2022 at 6:03 PM

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eli5 How does measuring area in square miles work? If you have very mountainous terrain, does that increase the area compared to somewhere that is very flat?

Submitted by bluejeans90210 t3_zzbi5x on December 30, 2022 at 9:05 PM

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ELI5: Can someone explain to me what missing 411 is?

Submitted by Sansexeee t3_zzz7ft on December 31, 2022 at 5:34 PM

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ELI5: If penicillin became the pinnacle antibiotic why are many of us now allergic?

Submitted by stealth941 t3_zzypnr on December 31, 2022 at 5:11 PM

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eli5 Why is being barefoot unsanitary?

Submitted by GoodLittleTerrorist t3_zzjwtg on December 31, 2022 at 3:16 AM

17 comments

Eli5, Why can you lift more will both hands than each hand can lift combined

Submitted by Cocaimeth_addikt t3_1000g1k on December 31, 2022 at 6:30 PM

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