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ELI5: How did Konami lose the source code for the original Silent Hill game? Why couldn't they just datamine the source code from the retail copies of the game?

Submitted by Icy_Kaleidoscope_687 t3_zb2au7 on December 3, 2022 at 12:04 AM

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ELI5: How can fast food often contain so much salt, without tasting salty at all?

Submitted by Apprehensive-Gate-98 t3_zaxctk on December 2, 2022 at 8:56 PM

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Eli5: why haven’t we started considering or implementing large scale desalinization in response to our water shortages?

Submitted by Ok-Asparagus-904 t3_zawkpg on December 2, 2022 at 8:25 PM

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ELI5: What’s the difference between breathing in through your nose and mouth? And why it’s recommended to do it through the nose?

Submitted by rataobc t3_zal2w3 on December 2, 2022 at 12:39 PM

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ELI5: if air conditioners are “bad” for the environment, why are heat pumps (A/C in reverse) considered “good”?

Submitted by WombatBathmat t3_zakkkd on December 2, 2022 at 12:16 PM

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Eli5: how did we get to the point where laptops and phones are in the same price range ?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z9my78 on December 1, 2022 at 12:45 PM

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ELi5: Why are people with ADHD given stimulant medication?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z9hoc0 on December 1, 2022 at 7:29 AM

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ELI5 Why do fighter jets bank left immediately after takeoff from carriers?

Submitted by BoomBoomLaRouge t3_z96gi7 on November 30, 2022 at 11:04 PM

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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

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Eli5: Why do adults sleep with pillows when babies do not? What are the benefits of using a pillow as an adult?

Submitted by xkdchickadee t3_z7w8wi on November 29, 2022 at 2:55 PM

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ELI5: Why are whole tunas bought for so much when canned tuna is one of the cheapest foods you can get?

Submitted by Nut_Chorizo t3_z77ko1 on November 28, 2022 at 8:32 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 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 If I send a letter or postcard from the UK to the USA, who gets money from my stamp?

Submitted by Prudent-Artist-274 t3_z5y82w on November 27, 2022 at 10:46 AM

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ELI5 what do all of the “(color)-pilled” things mean?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z5qzv8 on November 27, 2022 at 4:01 AM

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eli5 that in spoken British vocabulary, that "Z" is pronounced as "Zed"?

Submitted by Dirtboy823 t3_z5q6jw on November 27, 2022 at 3:21 AM

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ELI5: How do all you can eat buffets stay in business?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z5fc3a on November 26, 2022 at 7:12 PM

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ELI5: how does not finishing a course of antibiotics cause antibiotic resistance?

Submitted by ftmommmy t3_z51h4e on November 26, 2022 at 7:35 AM

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Eli5 - What gives almost everything from the sea (from fish to shrimp to clams to seaweed) a 'seafood' flavour?

Submitted by micro_haila t3_z4d27j on November 25, 2022 at 1:11 PM

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eli5 when do you use the semicolon?

Submitted by International_Farm29 t3_z3yx5g on November 25, 2022 at 12:21 AM

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eli5: Why do casinos hate it when you count cards?

Submitted by LalkMe t3_z3yr45 on November 25, 2022 at 12:12 AM

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Eli5: Why hasn't VR/AR become mainstream?

Submitted by couture1055 t3_z3w03r on November 24, 2022 at 10:07 PM

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ELI5: How are there so many videos, etc. of people interacting with bears peacefully even though they aren't domesticated?

Submitted by FightMilkLLC t3_z3kcv6 on November 24, 2022 at 1:45 PM

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Eli5: if there are a ton of harmful bacteria in every persons mouth, why is it relatively safe to give/receive oral when genitalia is so sensitive to foreign bacteria?

Submitted by Curious-Nothing6234 t3_z3b1h2 on November 24, 2022 at 5:11 AM

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ELI5 - where does skin in your body stop being skin? Is the roof of the mouth skin? The back of the throat? How does skin attach and transition to non-skin flesh?

Submitted by DangerMacAwesome t3_z31czj on November 23, 2022 at 9:38 PM

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