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ELI5: How do cameras exactly work? Why can they see so much clearer and farther than the naked human eye?

Submitted by PapaMamaGoldilocks t3_11di5hl on February 27, 2023 at 5:58 PM

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ELI5: Why does farming equipment require such low horsepower compared to your average car?

Submitted by thetravelingsong t3_11crlqm on February 26, 2023 at 8:24 PM

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ELI5: Why do we push out weird noises when something is funny?

Submitted by PeakKey4068 t3_11e2hk4 on February 28, 2023 at 10:10 AM

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ELI5:Why does Costco restrict memberships to certain people?

Submitted by MikeTorsson t3_11br3hs on February 25, 2023 at 5:53 PM

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ELI5: What is a "government attack?"

Submitted by wolvess_throwaway t3_119azz5 on February 22, 2023 at 8:16 PM

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ELI5: Why did poor white’s in the South before and after the American Civil War have such a visceral hatred of African-Americans?

Submitted by ScriptGenius12 t3_11d2hz1 on February 27, 2023 at 4:20 AM

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ELI5: How does regenerative braking in hybrid + electric vehicles work?

Submitted by BackyardShennanigans t3_11che1n on February 26, 2023 at 1:39 PM

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ELI5: If the tongue can only taste five basic flavors (sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami), why isn't it possible to create any flavor by mixing those five together in precise combinations?

Submitted by bokbokboi t3_11dw4pa on February 28, 2023 at 3:53 AM

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eli5 how does light get reflected?does it get reflected in all directions or in the direction where it came?and does light gets weaker everytime it gets reflected i mean does the reflection gets weaker even time it also reflects?

Submitted by Substantial-Drop-726 t3_11arufp on February 24, 2023 at 1:50 PM

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ELI5: [Law] What happens to music rights when music artists sell their music catalog? What about performing their songs at concerts? Future releases?

Submitted by Outrageous-Door8924 t3_11b56nj on February 24, 2023 at 11:15 PM

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ELI5: why are male to male USB-C cables not dangerous like male to male wall plugs are?

Submitted by KeyStomach0 t3_11el9h4 on February 28, 2023 at 9:57 PM

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ELI5: Modulus of Elasticity - incredibly high values for wood?

Submitted by u193 t3_11dqiai on February 27, 2023 at 11:34 PM

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ELI5 if one nuclear bomb is 100’s or 1000’s times as powerful as the ones used to end WW2 wouldn’t just 1 or 2 wipe out most the world?

Submitted by lsarge442 t3_11d1y3a on February 27, 2023 at 3:51 AM

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Eli5 Brendan Fraser’s fall from and return to Hollywood

Submitted by chcanada t3_11bavuq on February 25, 2023 at 3:34 AM

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ELI5: Does a volcano have a 'floor' under the lava? or does it go straight to the centre of the earth?

Submitted by _zobi1kenobi t3_11ejxer on February 28, 2023 at 9:06 PM

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ELI5 How are there graffitis in unbelievable/dangerous spots?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11e3jxc on February 28, 2023 at 11:16 AM

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ELI5 - What would happen if I DIDN'T encapsulate my code?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11btu75 on February 25, 2023 at 7:47 PM

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ELI5: Why do we get old?

Submitted by Enzo-chan t3_11curp3 on February 26, 2023 at 10:27 PM

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ELI5: How does a battery store electricity?

Submitted by Chemical_Ad4589 t3_11bs7x8 on February 25, 2023 at 6:40 PM

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ELI5 Why do temperatures lower than our internal body temperature feel hot?

Submitted by dismygyans t3_11elqdz on February 28, 2023 at 10:15 PM

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ELI5: In simple terms what are Maxwell’s equations and how do they work and what do they mean?

Submitted by whocaresfuckthisshit t3_11djh0m on February 27, 2023 at 6:50 PM

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ELI5: How does an iPhone detect if charging cords are “made for iPhone” certified?

Submitted by DPRobert t3_11eksjc on February 28, 2023 at 9:39 PM

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ELI5: How do we know for certain that atoms can't have more than 8 maximum outermost electrons when atoms form chemical bonds? Is there any research being done to see why atoms prefer the octet rule?

Submitted by ArcadeAndrew115 t3_1172nnv on February 20, 2023 at 9:41 AM

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[eli5] Black plaque was not exactly cured, how did it just disappear from Europe in 1353?