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ELI5: Why does smoking cause nausea sometimes?

Submitted by AgmaWang t3_zx017z on December 28, 2022 at 4:18 AM

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Eli5: why do things like birds mammals and reptiles only have a max of 4 legs while all the little bugs and stuff have heaps wouldn’t more limbs be better for larger animals

Submitted by the_real_cheeto27895 t3_zxoouj on December 28, 2022 at 11:29 PM

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ELI5: Why is burning wood (local, natural) considered bad for the environment, yet naturally occurring forest fires considered good for climate stabilization?

Submitted by prendrefeu t3_zwzlxl on December 28, 2022 at 3:57 AM

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[ELI5] How do online compression algorithms manage to take a file that is dozens of megabytes in size and shrink it down to just a few kilobytes, while mantaining the same quality?

Submitted by Karamel43 t3_zx4tkl on December 28, 2022 at 8:53 AM

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ELI5: Why green and red are the definitive Christmas colors?

Submitted by P4rturi t3_zvywjc on December 26, 2022 at 10:31 PM

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ELI5 What is Thermodynamics?

Submitted by SheeshKebabi t3_zx9m4v on December 28, 2022 at 1:29 PM

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ElI5: Why does Descartes sometimes use the term "mind" and sometimes the word "souls" in his writings?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zxad4j on December 28, 2022 at 2:04 PM

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ELI5: What is causing the cascade of flight delays and cancellations across the US?

Submitted by actionguy87 t3_zxk21m on December 28, 2022 at 8:29 PM

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Eli5 what happens when you have a gift card to a company that went out it business?

Submitted by Designer-Recover-940 t3_zxk6c1 on December 28, 2022 at 8:34 PM

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ELI5: Why can people pass out after being choked/strangled for only a few seconds when the average person can hold their breath for much longer?

Submitted by nickelbop t3_zwr71z on December 27, 2022 at 9:46 PM

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ELI5: Why do we keep falling for movie/video jumpscares, when there's no tangible threat?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zx37xo on December 28, 2022 at 7:12 AM

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ELI5: Why does Europeans build houses out of brick when wood frame seems like the better choice across the board?

Submitted by scorr204 t3_zwzrma on December 28, 2022 at 4:04 AM

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eli5 why workers who make tips, have to pay back some of their tips a the end of the night?

Submitted by 420goattaog t3_zwznyn on December 28, 2022 at 4:00 AM

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ELI5 in movies when someone get shot in the chest, but yet blood comes out of their mouth is that realistic of so how does that happen?

Submitted by Unknown135724 t3_zx5dh5 on December 28, 2022 at 9:29 AM

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ELI5: When we call any customer support, an automated voice asks us to press specific keys for different options. How does it know which key I am pressing?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zx1wd3 on December 28, 2022 at 5:56 AM

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eli5 - when airplane staff at the gate pre-boarding request to have “x” amount of carry on bags to be checked because the flight is so full, why does this matter? Aren’t airplanes designed to have 1x carry on & 1 personal piece of luggage for each passenger?

Submitted by Less-Natural-237 t3_zx30s2 on December 28, 2022 at 7:00 AM

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ELI5: Why are Worker’s Unions controversial / a source of divisiveness?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zwy4hj on December 28, 2022 at 2:45 AM

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ELI5: If time is the fourth dimension, then what force is pushing us through it?

Submitted by quacduck t3_zwpggs on December 27, 2022 at 8:37 PM

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ELI5: why are most suburban houses in the US built with wood, instead of bricks and mortar?

Submitted by Maygodstfu t3_zwmzmk on December 27, 2022 at 6:55 PM

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ELI5: Why is a single 70% chance different to Ten 7% chances

Submitted by Highlandertr3 t3_zwmqsm on December 27, 2022 at 6:44 PM

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ELI5 what would energy from nuclear fusion mean for humanity?

Submitted by odyssey92 t3_zwkc6e on December 27, 2022 at 5:02 PM

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Eli5: How do we know we have souls?

Submitted by Old_Selection5784 t3_zwls1o on December 27, 2022 at 6:03 PM

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ELI5 the EU and how it works

Submitted by Is_Rosen t3_zwjmaz on December 27, 2022 at 4:31 PM

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ELI5: How do different humans like and dislike different food and drinks if we’re all the same biologically?