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to r/explainlikeimfive by Jjk-girly
8 months ago
ELI5: What happens in your eyes when you rub them?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Bezeom
8 months ago
ELI5: How did life form from inorganic matter?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Omega2307
8 months ago
ELI5: How exactly does our body fall asleep? Is there like a “switch” at that precise second?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by randomthrowaway62019
8 months ago
ELI5 How did people shorten their fingernails & toenails before modern nail scissors & trimmers?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by huntingmy0wnskin
8 months ago
ELI5: why do some eggs have freckle-like spots on the shell?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Syckobot
8 months ago
ELI5: How can low carb diets reduce mental health symptoms but low blood sugar cause mental health symptoms? Isn't that conflicting science?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by devsterl
8 months ago
Eli5: Why laying down a certain way causes one nostril to become blocked?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Own_Negotiation8036
8 months ago
eli5 why is the weight gained by us, determined by calories and not by the weight of the food we eat
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by tonytonight8
8 months ago
eli5: Why do we sometimes feel our heartbeats in other places in our bodies?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by JakeUnusual
8 months ago
eli5 explain red and green dots that we see when we close our eyes or at night time.
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Random_Noobody
8 months ago
ELi5: Why are prions so resilient?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Few-Pirate6046
8 months ago
ELI5: Why does the area under your eyes get darker when you're sleep deprived?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Howling_Moons
8 months ago
ELI5: Why do we sometimes jump when we're about to fall asleep?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by DrFesh28
8 months ago
eli5: if peanuts grow underground, how do the above-ground flowers pass the pollination to the underground seeds?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Extreme-Attitude5768
8 months ago
eli5: Why does swallowing get your ears to pop/equalize pressure when on an airplane?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by anxious__aquarius
8 months ago
eli5 ants come into homes during spring
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Easy_User_Name
8 months ago
ELI5: How and why we experience constipation/diarrhea.
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by dalvin34
8 months ago
Eli5: As somebody with eczema, why can’t dry skin just be rehydrated by water, why does water make it worse, especially hot water I’ve been told
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Electronic_Plant9697
8 months ago
eli5: Why do hugs feel like everything is going to be okay?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by googleHelicopterman
8 months ago
Eli5: When we hold our breath, if we fill our mouths too does that give us access to a pocket of air to use to hold out longer or is it completely useless?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by visibali
8 months ago
ELI5: If humans can't survive upside down how come babies can survive so long upside down in the womb?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Bee_Polite
8 months ago
eli5 : If plants can make their food with water and carbon dioxide using photosynthesis why do they need manure and fertilisers ?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Pristine_Fox_3633
8 months ago
Eli5: How do scientists determine the vision of a specific animal?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Tombohniha
8 months ago
ELI5: why can we freeze sperm but not humans?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by MusicianDangerous426
8 months ago
ELI5: the affects on the body: /mind/heart when body weight fluctuates
Biology