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r/explainlikeimfive

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Explain Like I'm Five is the best forum and archive on the internet for layperson-friendly explanations.


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ELI5: What makes a currency strong?
Economics
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ELI5: Why does Australia have such terrible internet/internet speeds
Technology
in Australia
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ELI5 What did the kingpin of a mafia actually do?
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ELi5: Why does breaking the sound barrier create noise aka a sonic boom?
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ELI5: How come water towers are almost never used in central Europe?
Engineering
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ELI5 what is a shell company
Economics
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ELI5 : How do hearts start beating? What kickstarts the life?
Biology
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ELI5 Why do lips chap?
Biology
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ELI5: Why isn't the weathers mixed together
Planetary Science
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ELI5: Why don't we have to constantly eat food & water like we do breathing if those are all needed to survive?
Biology
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ELI5: why does the moon follow us when we drive
Planetary Science
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ELI5: Meaning of Upstream vs. Downstream (Drivers of Health Outcomes)
Other
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1 month ago
ELI5: how does homeostasis work?
Biology
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1 month ago
ELI5: How do professors detect that ChatGPT or plagiarism has been used in papers and homework?
Technology
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1 month ago
ELI5: CO2 Bad, CO2 Enrichment for greenhouses good....
Planetary Science
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1 month ago
ELI5: I dont fully understand gold
Economics
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1 month ago
ELI5: Why do we cry?
Biology
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1 month ago
ELI5: How is insulin made?
Chemistry
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1 month ago
ELI5: How does drinking your self to death happen?
Biology
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2 months ago
ELI5 why does scratching an itch feel good, when essentially we’re cutting into the skin?
Biology
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1 month ago
Eli5: How / Why do allergies develop over time?
Biology
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1 month ago
ELI5: Why does meth/opiod use make you look like that?
Biology
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2 months ago
ELI5: Why does Freud have such a mixed reputation?
Other
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2 months ago
ELI5: How did the ancient sailing ships work in the ocean if/wheb there was no wind?
Engineering
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2 months ago
ELI5: What does it mean to have a dedicate IP address? (Asked by a business that will potentially be hosting my website)
Technology