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ELI5:Why does it take so much longer to cook my food in an oven than in a microwave?

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ELI5: if the majority of people are right handed, why does the fork go on the left when setting a table?

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ELI5: How does a captcha know I entered the correct word? Are there hundreds of people each day just filling in captchas in an office for the servers to make a match?

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ELI5:Why do humans have different eye colour?

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ELI5: How does Nintendo stay open when the Wii U bombed?

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ELI5:what makes a professional a professional.

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ELI5: Why did salt and pepper become the most common table spices? Why not something else?

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ELI5: So France passed a law 64 to 12 Through it's lower house. I don't want to talk about the substance of that law. I do want to know why 76/557 members being present is enough to vote on things. How is this not been seen as an issue before?

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ELI5: Why are some animals capable of living longer than humans?

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ELI5:How does a fixed currency exchange rate, undervalued relative to black market rates, lead to depletion of national foreign reserves?

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ELI5:In countries where you can't drink the tap water, how can it be ok to use tap water for brushing teeth?

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ELI5: How are songs made?

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ELI5: Why does does AM radio sound infinitely worse than FM?

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ELI5: In NASCAR, how does sticking a wrench in the back window adjust the chassis/handling of the vehicle?

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ELI5: Why do microphones stop working so easily? I see this happen a lot on stage, TV etc.

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ELI5:Can you eat a starfish?

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ELI5:Why are the planet orbital patterns in a flat ring

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ELI5: If there's a bomb on an airplane, couldn't you just throw it out?

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ELI5: Why can't the UK remove Julian Assange from the embassy by force?

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ELI5: Why is sitting with bad posture generally more comfortable than sitting with good posture? Why is it comfortable if we're hurting ourselves?

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ELI5: Why do people speak clearly when they're shocked/angry

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ELI5: Why does eating pineapple make my mouth sore?

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ELI5: What is pre-cum

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ELI5: Why do some laptop brands completely lack a middle click emulation?

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ELI5: Why it says I shouldn't use rechargeable AA batteries in my recent purchase

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