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ELI5: What is syndication and why did tv shows used to pump out so many episodes trying to get it?

Submitted by drillgorg t3_116lbcq on February 19, 2023 at 7:16 PM

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ELI5: Why are native Australians called Aboriginals when in English the prefix "a" usually means "not"- ex Abnormal, atypical, etc?

Submitted by Invisible_Swan t3_11cuspv on February 26, 2023 at 10:28 PM

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ELI5: the light can be blocked entirely, but why the sound can’t

Submitted by IcyPause7334 t3_11cxss5 on February 27, 2023 at 12:31 AM

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ELI5: Is a high speed transcontinental rail system viable in the US with the Rockies/Appalachian ranges?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11ejz4m on February 28, 2023 at 9:07 PM

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Eli5: An adult human body weighing 70 kg contains about 0.2 milligrams of gold inside him. How did that gold got in the humans if no foods have gold and gold is not absorbed during digestion either?

Submitted by Big_carrot_69 t3_11dru3b on February 28, 2023 at 12:32 AM

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ELI5: Why is the weather so much more volatile in the winter?

Submitted by dun6661 t3_11bcuet on February 25, 2023 at 5:17 AM

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ELI5: Why have they been multiple big earthquakes along Türkiye and Syria? it's been 3 weeks and there are still repeated earthquakes with the latest being 5.7 - is this normal?

Submitted by mac-and-dream t3_11daz5q on February 27, 2023 at 12:43 PM

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ELI5: How can CEOs/Officers/Execs/etc of a company buy their own stock it not be insider trading?

Submitted by ksquires1988 t3_11ecz18 on February 28, 2023 at 4:29 PM

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ELI5 How do banks work?

Submitted by RussianPremier t3_11dykeb on February 28, 2023 at 6:03 AM

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ELI5- Given the average cost of a cup of coffee is marked up about ~80%, why hasn’t a company come in and charge significantly less to take a greater share of the market?

Submitted by Educational_Sir3783 t3_11ejcyi on February 28, 2023 at 8:44 PM

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ELI5: What does non-verbal entails when referring to someone on the spectrum?

Submitted by Bluefairie t3_11ekxz7 on February 28, 2023 at 9:45 PM

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eli5: What exactly does a "videogame publisher" do?

Submitted by Judge_T t3_11djy8l on February 27, 2023 at 7:09 PM

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Eli5 why certain internal combustion engines (like those on American muscle cars) make wildly different sounds than most other engines?

Submitted by Daftworks t3_11ce6mt on February 26, 2023 at 11:30 AM

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ELI5 Why does getting hit in the nose have such a weird and different feeling from getting hit anywhere else?

Submitted by dandizzles t3_11conjg on February 26, 2023 at 6:26 PM

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eli5: Why Can’t We Use Echo-Location to Map the Catacombs

Submitted by Suspicious-Rich-2681 t3_114cfft on February 17, 2023 at 6:14 AM

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Eli5 woke up with T-shirt and socks

Submitted by cale_the_whale t3_11ap9tb on February 24, 2023 at 11:32 AM

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ELI5: Why are humans so bad at dealing with stress?

Submitted by cleanscotch t3_11e6l4c on February 28, 2023 at 1:53 PM

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ELI5: why are skirting boards a thing? do they have a purpose?

Submitted by Just-Okra6596 t3_11ecdeb on February 28, 2023 at 4:05 PM

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[ELI5] What would be the impact on the economy if the 0.01% gave away their wealth to the masses overnight?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11aylcj on February 24, 2023 at 6:40 PM

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Eli5: Why are we supposed to eat a lot of vegetables when they’re loaded with Vitamin A?

Submitted by Another-Autismo t3_11egytf on February 28, 2023 at 7:09 PM

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ELI5: Why do we 'get the chills' when we're spooked by something?

Submitted by danyaylol t3_1155pp3 on February 18, 2023 at 3:29 AM

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ELI5: this has probably already been asked but why do guys get morning wood?

Submitted by mean_beanz t3_11amg8e on February 24, 2023 at 8:28 AM

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ELI5: Why is light extremely slow in terms of the size of the universe?

Submitted by AskSouth t3_114tqol on February 17, 2023 at 6:22 PM

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Eli5: how do circuit board works

Submitted by ots125 t3_11c7txp on February 26, 2023 at 6:59 AM

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ELI5 Why do doctors wait for cancer to progress to a further stage before prescribing certain treatments like immunotherapy?

Submitted by JustMe182 t3_11cnjnt on February 26, 2023 at 5:44 PM

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