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to r/explainlikeimfive by spookythesquid
2 months ago
ELI5: how do competitive eaters manage to eat so much food
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by AbeMax7823
4 months ago
Eli5 Why can’t a person live on multivitamins and workout shakes?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by subuso
7 months ago
ELI5: If semen gets reabsorbed during a retention, how come we have nocturnal emissions?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by GeekyFeline9695
8 months ago
eli5 why holding a cold washcloth or a warm compress on your forehead helps a headache
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by _perc30enthusiast
8 months ago
ELI5 - why is working a manual labor job (construction, manufacturing, etc) destructive to your body but going to the gym every day isn’t?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Comfortable-Bed-5059
8 months ago
ELI5 why do depressed people tend to sleep a lot?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Terrible_Opinion_279
8 months ago
Eli5 what's happens physiologically when you stand up too fast and feel numb and lightheaded?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by NickyVital_088
8 months ago
ELI5 : With emotional trauma, why does your body also feel the effect?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by GotADeepVoiceDude
8 months ago
ELI5: Why is it easier for bacteria to develop in stagnant water than in running water?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by iamgimpy
8 months ago
eli5: How puking works
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by BicepsRhydon
8 months ago
ELI5: Why does heart rate go up throughout a run even though you keep the same pace?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Bee_Polite
8 months ago
Eli5 : What are manure, compost and humus ?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by dilettanteblues
8 months ago
ELI5: Why do head-strokes and back-scratches make me feel super-calm, almost hypnotized?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by ohmydaysz
8 months ago
eli5: what determines the survival chance of a surgery?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by TRIPLEOHSEVEN
8 months ago
ELI5: How do the insects (say, mosquitoes in Alaska?) stay mobile and more importantly, at what temperature are they no longer able to continue to annoy us?
Biology
in Alaska
to r/explainlikeimfive by MassageToss
8 months ago
ELI5: Can allergy-inducing pollens "die"?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by KingKush8
8 months ago
ELI5 Why does High Blood Sugar kill?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by -o_0_o_0_o-
8 months ago
ELI5: Why does skin turn red when slapped?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by george-hanson11
8 months ago
eli5: Why did eclipse glasses say to only look at eclipse for 3 minutes at most, intermittently over a few hours.
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by LacrimaNymphae
8 months ago
ELI5: Why do most animals just not have belly buttons?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Grouchy-Ride-1282
8 months ago
ELI5: How does bacteria get onto our armpits?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by d-ee-ecent
8 months ago
ELI5: Different types of grants for research studies
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by jelloking9942
8 months ago
ELI5: glasses and astigmstisms
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Asia_GB
8 months ago
eli5: How does having a cold work like?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by DrBeats777
8 months ago
Eli5 why the labor process for birth can vary so widely.
Biology