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Eli5: what determines the energy needed to heat up things?

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ELI5: decaf coffee is carcinogenic?

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ELI5, what is de-ionized water?

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eli5 How drinks have so many calories

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ELI5 if ADHD is genetic, why isn’t there a blood test for it?

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ELI5 In basic terms, Why does water make iron rust faster than air?

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Eli5: why does drinking from a can is safe if the can lid goes insider the drink

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Eli5: Is heating calcium carbonate and water together an infinite loop reaction? Why or why not?

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Eli5 how EC and PPM DIFFER AND CORRELATE

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eli5 why and how are chicken eggs different coloured?

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ELI5 : How does coolant work in an automobile or air-condition or in machines?

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ELI5 - How do gas ionization detectors work?

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ELI5: Why does the “head” of foam when you pour a soda dissipate within a few seconds, but on many beers it lasts much longer?

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ELI5: Why is it recommended to rinse fruit with water to get off toxic pesticides, but you have to use soap AND water to wash your hands?

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Eli5 what is „Rain seeding technology“ ?

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eli5 why does the individual combined weight of 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen weigh less than bonded H2O (water)?

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ELI5: I just heard zoos keep stocks of antivenom for all their venomous snakes. Reminded me of movies where you needed a sample of venom to make the stuff. How does anti-venom work and how is it made?

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ELI5 How can 1 liter gasoline produce 2 kilogram CO2?

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Eli5: How observation affects, something is particle or wave

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ELI5 why is added sugar so bad for us but regular sugar isn’t?

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Eli5 how is ethanol made?

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ELI5: Why do apples turn brown/red after cutting and leaving them in room temperature for a bit?

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ELI5: What do they mean when they say there is a good balance between acidity and another flavor when critiquing food?

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ELI5: Moles in chemistry

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ELI5: How does intercepting an ICBM not trigger a nuclear explosion?

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