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Eli5: How come it doesn’t rain all year round?

Submitted by TheRunningMD t3_zye2lk on December 29, 2022 at 7:32 PM

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eli5: Why does working out helps so much with mental health?

Submitted by Lavender_Philosophy t3_zygds6 on December 29, 2022 at 9:03 PM

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ELI5: What a pregnancy contraction feels like?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zybwhr on December 29, 2022 at 6:07 PM

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ELI5: Does period flow level impact how you feel while pregnant?

Submitted by UnashamedLiar t3_zxtdru on December 29, 2022 at 2:44 AM

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Eli5: Why are matress and laundromat stores often used for laundering money

Submitted by Jojojoost010 t3_zy5kce on December 29, 2022 at 1:35 PM

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ELI5: what are diplomat's?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zy4x1v on December 29, 2022 at 1:03 PM

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eli5 if igloos keep you warm how do they not melt

Submitted by EXTRAVAGANT_COMMENT t3_zy696k on December 29, 2022 at 2:07 PM

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ELi5: How are blizzards and winter storms like the one that happened in Buffalo formed?

Submitted by ArinMun t3_zy6g1e on December 29, 2022 at 2:16 PM

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ELI5: What is a network port?

Submitted by Brianprokpo456 t3_zx7osk on December 28, 2022 at 11:52 AM

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ELI5 : Physical and Digital video games piracy protection. And how hackers are still able to find their way around it.

Submitted by SolarSpud t3_zxxa69 on December 29, 2022 at 5:48 AM

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Eli5, Why can't suits be washed in the washing machine?

Submitted by lekas16 t3_zy7pfs on December 29, 2022 at 3:13 PM

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ELI5: How do computers compute gigantic mathematical calculations?

Submitted by DryEstablishment2 t3_zy4vh0 on December 29, 2022 at 1:01 PM

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ELI5 Why do asian people smoke so much?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zy4t7a on December 29, 2022 at 12:58 PM

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ELI5: why is animal protein better at building muscle than vegetables/plants?

Submitted by Slommyhouse t3_zy5hd0 on December 29, 2022 at 1:31 PM

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Eli5: Would it be easier or harder for a pregnant woman to give birth in zero gravity? Apart from there being no gravity, would it be any different at all from giving birth while on earth?

Submitted by The_Guy_Who_Wanders t3_zxnd59 on December 28, 2022 at 10:38 PM

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ELI5: Why is it uncomfortable to, for example, put your hand or body in cold water, but pleasurable to drink it?

Submitted by EastmanNorthrup t3_zy45e7 on December 29, 2022 at 12:23 PM

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ELI5_Random Variables? What really is the difference btw finding the probability of say..."getting 2 heads in a coin tossed three times" and "Finding the Probability mass function of a Random Variable 2"?? Their concepts are so similar but I feel I'm thinking wrong and there's actually a difference!

Submitted by Independent-Office80 t3_zy3pdm on December 29, 2022 at 11:59 AM

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ELI5: Why are divorce proceedings so complicated?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zxylnj on December 29, 2022 at 6:57 AM

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ELI5: What is yellow cake uranium?

Submitted by Any_Potato8193 t3_zxyeit on December 29, 2022 at 6:46 AM

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ELI5: What are the consequences of overeating?

Submitted by Smart-Veterinarian11 t3_zxkgji on December 28, 2022 at 8:45 PM

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Eli5: How is the Chinese military such a threat to the US when the US spends roughly 3x the $ on their military budget?

Submitted by Due_University4030 t3_zy08z6 on December 29, 2022 at 8:33 AM

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ELI5, Why can't STDs be cured/irradicated by isolating the disease through infected people?

Submitted by AnanomusMan t3_zx1rl1 on December 28, 2022 at 5:49 AM

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ELI5: If astronomers use "light-years" for interstellar distances, why do we use AU for interplanetary distances instead of "light-minutes"?

Submitted by concorde77 t3_zxj8af on December 28, 2022 at 7:57 PM

32 comments

ELI5: When scientists say babies have blurred vision, how do they know?

Submitted by DreadMCYT t3_zwy1xl on December 28, 2022 at 2:42 AM

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ELI5 Why does eating food that is "off" make you sick, when you are essentially putting it in an acid bath that should destroy any greebies?

Submitted by anti_queue t3_zxknzo on December 28, 2022 at 8:53 PM

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