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ELI5: Angles in a semicircle

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zztem6 on December 31, 2022 at 12:48 PM

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ELI5: What makes the rust on a rusty nail different from the rust on shaving razors to where one needs an immediate tetanus shot and the other happens daily

Submitted by DrySyllabub2563 t3_zztg7p on December 31, 2022 at 12:51 PM

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ELI5 why people bow after a performance?

Submitted by WalterTheMoral t3_zvkj9r on December 26, 2022 at 10:34 AM

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ELI5: How did we realise the mind is in the brain?

Submitted by theembryo t3_zzitid on December 31, 2022 at 2:22 AM

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Eli5: How do cities dig out of massive amounts of snow?

Submitted by OutrageousAd6177 t3_zzczi3 on December 30, 2022 at 10:06 PM

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ELI5: Why is half-life so essential for drugs and not the whole time?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zzul7k on December 31, 2022 at 1:53 PM

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Eli5: Would it be easier or harder for a pregnant woman to give birth in zero gravity? Apart from there being no gravity, would it be any different at all from giving birth while on earth?

Submitted by The_Guy_Who_Wanders t3_zxnd59 on December 28, 2022 at 10:38 PM

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eli5: why does hot coffee erupt when add brown sugar?

Submitted by DjHalk45 t3_zz78v7 on December 30, 2022 at 6:10 PM

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ELI5: The main difference between Christianism, Judaism, Buddhism and Muslim religions

Submitted by sp4rkk t3_zzrp9t on December 31, 2022 at 11:03 AM

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eli5 I do not understand the concept of tipping

Submitted by the___black___fang t3_zufpyi on December 24, 2022 at 6:33 PM

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eli5 Interest is confusing

Submitted by maddskate t3_10040li on December 31, 2022 at 9:22 PM

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ELI5: why is snowboarding harder than skiing?

Submitted by Sensitive-Waltz-3895 t3_zvr3pm on December 26, 2022 at 4:46 PM

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ELI5: Why do we need to sleep?

Submitted by tomerFire t3_zylli4 on December 30, 2022 at 12:27 AM

9 comments

ELI5: What does Prior mean when used as a noun?

Submitted by calbhollo t3_zzaetu on December 30, 2022 at 8:20 PM

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ELI5: Why is it that, at some gas stations, it’s cheaper to pay with cash instead a credit card?

Submitted by tgjj530 t3_zzacc8 on December 30, 2022 at 8:17 PM

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ELI5: By using Medical Science, we are practically denying natural selection. How can it affect us in the future?

Submitted by No_Victory_1611 t3_zz0c0n on December 30, 2022 at 1:18 PM

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ELI5: Why can’t we have a universal currency?

Submitted by Walmartpancake t3_zx7mc7 on December 28, 2022 at 11:48 AM

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ELI5 why do legumes have so much more protein than other plants?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zzl9xq on December 31, 2022 at 4:25 AM

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ELi5: How are blizzards and winter storms like the one that happened in Buffalo formed?

Submitted by ArinMun t3_zy6g1e on December 29, 2022 at 2:16 PM

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eli5 If people will die being up-side-down for too long, why do babies in the womb not die?

Submitted by IJustBeTalking t3_zzzuwr on December 31, 2022 at 6:03 PM

12 comments

ELI5: What do the words "left" and "right" in world politics?

Submitted by UltimateGamingTechie t3_zz1mw3 on December 30, 2022 at 2:18 PM

16 comments

eli5 Atoms being mostly empty

Submitted by NTOK21 t3_zz6w7i on December 30, 2022 at 5:57 PM

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ELI5: For people who believe in reincarnation, if it is real then why does the human population keep increasing?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zw5j7u on December 27, 2022 at 3:35 AM

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ELI5: why are the days longer in some places than others?

Submitted by earthlingnumber22 t3_zykycs on December 30, 2022 at 12:02 AM

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ELI5: How come when you jump inside a moving subway, you land where you are, but if you jump on the roof of the subway, the subway quickly passes under you?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zzwweo on December 31, 2022 at 3:48 PM

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