ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast
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I love this podcast, short, entertaining, interesting! I only wish it was more episodes per week.
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Explain Like I'm Five, aka ELI5, is the mini-podcast series where we take the questions you always wanted to ask, and talk about them in a way that is easy to understand. Made possible by the amazing reddit community at r/explainlikeimfive. See episode show notes for user credits.
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ELI5 Spicy Food - if water is not a good antidote, what is?
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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ELI5 Rubber Bands - why do they become brittle over time?
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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ELI5 Mint - why it became associated with freshness?
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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ELI5 Black Friday - why is it called Black Friday?
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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ELI5 Myopia - why can’t you buy myopia glasses off the shelf like reading glasses?
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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ELI5 Volcanoes - can they be used for dumping trash?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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ELI5 Lab Grown Diamonds - why do they have lower resale values?
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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ELI5 MRIs - how do they work and why are they so noisy?
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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ELI5 Aircraft Engines - why propellers on military planes vs jet engines?
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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ELI5 Speed of Light - why can’t we exceed it?
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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ELI5 QR Codes - how do they work even with portions covered or obscured?
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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ELI5 Dyson Sphere - did aliens already build one?
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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ELI5 Skyscrapers - which NYC skyscraper could have fallen over?
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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ELI5 Super Mario Bros - how did it fit into 32KB?
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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ELI5 Lie Detector Tests - how do polygraph tests work?
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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ELI5 Solar Eclipses - how often do they occur?
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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ELI5 Donor Organs - do donor organs age according to the donor’s age or the new host’s age?
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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ELI5 Prime Numbers - why isn’t 1 a prime number?
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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ELI5 Burping - how loud was the world loudest burp?
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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ELI5 Yawning - why is it contagious?
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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ELI5 Olympics - why the amateur vs professional line blurred?
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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ELI5 USB - is it still wrong to remove a thumb drive without first ‘ejecting’?’
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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ELI5 Sore Throat - is alcohol or honey a better remedy?
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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ELI5 Dyson Sphere - what exactly is it?
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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ELI5 Collagen - what makes it special and important for your skin?
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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ELI5 Mona Lisa - why is it the most famous painting in the world?
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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ELI5 Blueberries - what makes them a superfood?
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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ELI5 Three Body Problem - what makes it so intriguing?
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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ELI5 Two Factor Authentication - how are authenticator apps more secure than SMS?
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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ELI5 Starlink - what makes it possible and how does it work?
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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ELI5 Bubble Tea - how did it become a global sensation?
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May 31, 2024 |
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ELI5 Higgs Boson - how it was named the God Particle?
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May 24, 2024 |
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ELI5 Life Insurance - why the astronauts of Apollo 11 couldn’t buy life insurance?
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May 17, 2024 |
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ELI5 El Niño and La Niña - what exactly are they?
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May 10, 2024 |
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ELI5 Horse Racing - what’s the role of the jockey?
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May 03, 2024 |
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ELI5 Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta - the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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ELI5 Airport Runways - how are they numbered?
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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ELI5 Gore-Tex - what makes Gore-Tex so special?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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ELI5 Train Tracks - how do trains maintain traction in slippery conditions?
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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ELI5 Bailouts - why don't governments own the companies they bail out?
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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ELI5 Jet Stream - can a regular plane break the sound barrier on a jet stream?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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ELI5 Matcha Tea - how do you tell if it’s high quality?
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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ELI5 Olive Oil - virgin, extra-virgin & refined - what's the difference?
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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ELI5 Leap Years - why was 2000 a leap year but 2100 isn’t?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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ELI5 Hypnosis - is it real and how does it work?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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ELI5 Eczema - why scratching it feels so good?
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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ELI5 Soaps - hand soaps vs body wash - are they different?
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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ELI5 Endangered Species - how is the axolotl endangered but also in pet stores?
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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ELI5 Aurora Borealis - what would it be like inside the northern lights?
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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ELI5 Snakes - does eating a venomous snake kill its predator?
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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ELI5 Rewind - Artificial Sweeteners - good for weight loss or bad for you?
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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ELI5 Onomatopoeias - why are there differences across languages?
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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ELI5 Weight Gain - how does the body decide where it goes?
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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ELI5 Winter Solstice - why it marks the start of winter, not the middle of it?
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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ELI5 Primary Colors - are they red green blue or red yellow blue?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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ELI5 Bed Bugs - why they came back after nearly being eradicated?
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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ELI5 Where’s Waldo - why Waldo is an important character in cryptography?
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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ELI5 Thanksgiving - why is it called Black Friday?
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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ELI5 Powerlines - why aren’t more power lines underground in the US?
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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ELI5 Crabs - why do crabs turn bright orange when cooked?
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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ELI5 Planes - why the need for a ground cart to push them back?
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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ELI5 GDP and the Equator - why are countries richer away from the equator?
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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ELI5 Altitude and Heat - why is it colder at higher elevations?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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ELI5 Screws - why do we have two different types?
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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ELI5 Lasers - why don’t you see many white laser pointers?
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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ELI5 Voice Agents - How does “hey siri” respond if it isn’t constantly listening to my conversations?
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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ELI5 Currencies - what does it mean to float a country’s currency?
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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ELI5 Money - why its origins were not about bartering?
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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ELI5 Saunas - how do near boiling temperatures not burn you?
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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ELI5 Ice Baths & Warm Showers - what are the benefits?
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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ELI5 DNA - what is the double helix?
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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ELI5 Saturn - does it really rain diamonds?
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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ELI5 Hibernation - is there a way humans could hibernate like bears do?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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ELI5 Elevators - is the door close button a placebo?
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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ELI5 Swimming - why are there exactly 4 strokes?
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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ELI5 Pickleball - why has it become so popular?
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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ELI5 Tesseract - what is it and what does it look like?
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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ELI5 Central Banks - do crypto currencies make them obsolete?
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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ELI5 Amnesia - why don’t people forget their primary language?
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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ELI5 Latin - why did such a popular language like Latin die out?
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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ELI5 Deserts - was the Sahara really once lush green forests?
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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ELI5 Presidents vs Prime Ministers - why do some countries have both?
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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ELI5 Undersea Cables - who lays and manages the cables that power the internet?
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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ELI5 Jail and Bail - what’s the point of bail and what is a bond?
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May 26, 2023 |
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ELI5 Antimicrobial Surfaces - how can a surface clean itself?
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May 19, 2023 |
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ELI5 Airport Security - why we have a 100ml fluid limit?
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May 12, 2023 |
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ELI5 Megalodon - how are we sure they are extinct?
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May 05, 2023 |
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ELI5 Port and Starboard - why not just left and right?
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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ELI5 Energy Drinks - what’s in them beyond caffeine?
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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ELI5 Laughing Gas - why is N20 called laughing gas?
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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ELI5 Sinkholes - how do they happen?
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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ELI5 GPS - how is GPS a free service?
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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ELI5 Fusion - what is nuclear fusion and why is it important?
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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ELI5 Balloons - why is there a ring at the opening of a balloon?
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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ELI5 Toothpaste - how did people brush before toothpaste?
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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ELI5 Pirates - why fly the skull and bones flag?
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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ELI5 The Metric System - why is lbs the abbreviation for pounds?
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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ELI5 Ketchup - which country did the word ketchup originate from?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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ELI5 Tomatoes - fruit or vegetable?
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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ELI5 The Streisand Effect - what makes it so universal?
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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ELI5 Alzheimer’s - the difference between Alzhiemer’s and Dementia?
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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ELI5 Postage Stamps - does the sending or receiving country get money from my stamp?
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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ELI5 Food Pyramid - why all the criticism?
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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ELI5 Heart Rate Monitors - what types are most accurate?
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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ELI5 Bank Runs - why does a run on the bank happen?
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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ELI5 Xmas - how and why NORAD tracks Santa (part 2)?
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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ELI5 Xmas - why some say Happy Christmas vs Merry Christmas (part 1)?
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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ELI5 Credit vs Debit Cards - what’s the difference?
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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ELI5 Turbulence - how do pilots know it’s coming?
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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ELI5 Coca Cola - where does the name come from?
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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ELI5 Phobia - what's the difference between a phobia and a fear?
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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ELI5 Ponzi Schemes - how do they work?
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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ELI5 Reboot - why turning a device off and on fixes a host of tech issues?
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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ELI5 Smell and Taste - how does our sense of smell work?
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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ELI5 Trucks - why do European trucks look different to US trucks?
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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ELI5 Ants - how do they cling to surfaces so well?
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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ELI5 Einstein - why is e = mc squared such a big deal?
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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ELI5 CPR - what is Michael Jackson’s association to CPR?
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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ELI5 Pee - is urinating in the pool ok?
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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ELI5 Jupiter - can you land on a gas planet?
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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ELI5 Decaf - how did a train accident lead to its discovery?
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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ELI5 Dyslexia - does it exist in all languages?
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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ELI5 Donuts - why the association with the police?
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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ELI5 Ampersand - the 27th member of the alphabet?
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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ELI5 Wrinkled Fingers - why water makes our fingers wrinkle?
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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ELI5 Escalators - what is the shoe shine thingy there for?
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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ELI5 Occam's Razor - please explain what it really means!
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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ELI5 Bear Markets - where it gets its name?
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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ELI5 Nitrogen - if it’s 80% of our atmosphere, why don’t we talk about it much?
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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ELI5 Golf - why are white balls the standard?
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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ELI5 Milk and Eggs - why cows and chickens became the standards for milk and eggs?
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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ELI5 Natural Gas - why doesn’t the flame from a gas stove ignite the supply line?
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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ELI5 Soda - why it tastes different out of a can vs a glass bottle?
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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ELI5 Right and Left Hand Traffic - which is more popular?
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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ELI5 Cotton - why cotton shirts feel stiffer when hung to dry?
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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ELI5 Smallpox - is it related to monkeypox?
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May 27, 2022 |
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ELI5 Stable Coins - how do they work?
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May 20, 2022 |
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ELI5 Special Agents - what makes them special vs just ‘agents’?
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May 12, 2022 |
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ELI5 Hostile Takeovers - explain Twitter's poison pill like I'm 5?
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May 06, 2022 |
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ELI5 Gaslighting - what exactly does it mean?
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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ELI5 Nuclear Disasters - why Hiroshima isn’t a dead city like Chernobyl
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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ELI5 Easter - why the bunny and chocolate eggs?
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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ELI5 Legos - how do lego bricks not lose tension after years of repetitive play?
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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ELI5 Basketball - why is there a backboard?
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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ELI5 Hurricanes - why female names?
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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ELI5 Daylight Savings Time - who thought it was a good idea?
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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ELI5 The Suit - how did it become universal as business attire for men?
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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ELI5 Twins - why do identical twins have different fingerprints?
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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ELI5 Interest Rates - why do interest rates exist in the first place?
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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ELI5 Doping - why isn’t caffeine on the banned list?
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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ELI5 Sanctions - how exactly do they help?
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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ELI5 The Bladder - how long does liquid take to reach it?
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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ELI5 Honey - why it’s dangerous for toddlers, and how bees make it?
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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ELI5 Traffic Lights - why not use pressure sensors?
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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ELI5 Mental Health - what is anxiety disorder?
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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ELI5 Money Laundering - what, why and how?
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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ELI5 Orange Juice - how is it economically viable?
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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ELI5 Electric Sockets - why isn't there a global standard?
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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ELI5 Devices On Planes - do you really have to turn them off?
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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ELI5 Salt - how it became the chosen condiment globally?
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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ELI5 Encryption - is your browsing activity visible to your ISP?
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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ELI5 Thanksgiving - why a Thursday, and why does it affect plumbers?
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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ELI5 Defrosting - what is the 'danger zone' and why does it matter?
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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ELI5 Shipping Containers - how do they not fall off?
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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ELI5 Hard Water - is it a good or bad thing?
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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ELI5 GMO - what are the pros and cons?
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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ELI5 ADHD - does it affect adults?
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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ELI5 Ultra Violet - should we bother with low SPF sunscreens?
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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ELI5 Dishwashers - why do plastics come out wet and ceramics dry?
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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ELI5 Debt Ceiling - what's the trillion dollar coin?
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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ELI5 Dinosaurs - why were they so big?
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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ELI5 Car Keys - could my remote open someone else’s car?
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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ELI5 Reverse Mortgages - what's the David Bowie similarity?
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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ELI5 Hiccups - why do we get them?
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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ELI5 Moon Drift - why it's moving further away each year?
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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ELI5 Non-stick Pans - are they safe?
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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ELI5 Pillows - do humans really need them?
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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ELI5 Mattresses - what makes them so expensive?
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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ELI5 Olympic Games - why most games are money losers?
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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ELI5 Genetic Memory - can memories be inherited?
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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ELI5 Cloud Seeding - can it solve drought issues?
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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ELI5 Pasta - did Marco Polo really 'invent' it?
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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ELI5 Chess - why is the queen the most powerful piece?
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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ELI5 Tunnels - how are underwater tunnels built?
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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ELI5 Earwax - how does your ear canal cleans itself?
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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ELI5 Cling Film - what makes it cling?
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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ELI5 Hawk Eye in Sports - how does ball tracking work?
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May 28, 2021 |
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ELI5 Tennis - why is it scored 15, 30, 40?
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May 21, 2021 |
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ELI5 Memories - how do our brains store them?
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May 14, 2021 |
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ELI5 Carbon Fiber - how does it differ from fiberglass and kevlar and what makes it so strong?
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May 07, 2021 |
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ELI5 Aluminum Foil - should I use the shiny or dull side?
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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ELI5 Hedge Funds - what are they and what is short selling?
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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ELI5 Coughing - can you really fracture a rib just by coughing?
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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ELI5 Mouthwash - why do so few dentists recommend it?
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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ELI5 Suez Canal - its important and why Napoleon was involved?
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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ELI5 Tulip Mania - the first speculative bubble and its lessons
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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ELI5 Non Fungible Tokens - would you pay millions for digital art?
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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ELI5 Royal Family - how does the British royal family make money?
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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ELI5 Inflation - why do we need it and why the gold standard was abandoned?
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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ELI5 Batteries - what causes lithium batteries to degrade?
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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ELI5 Lightning - why does it zig zag and not go straight down?
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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ELI5 Colorblindness - can special glasses really fix it?
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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ELI5 Soccer - why is it not as popular in the US as in other countries?
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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ELI5 Contrails - why do some airplanes leave streaks and others don't?
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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ELI5 Air Fryers - just fancy convection ovens?
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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ELI5 Exercise Induced Nausea - why we feel like vomiting after intense exercise?
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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ELI5 Grapefruit - why no mixing with medications?
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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ELI5 Calories - why raising heart rate with exercise is good but bad through stress, caffeine etc?
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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ELI5 Blood - how does circulation work after an amputation?
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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ELI5 Earthquakes - how do they design buildings to withstand them?
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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ELI5 Hot Dogs - part of McDonald's founding story?
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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ELI5 Ball Point Pens - why do the caps have holes?
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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ELI5 Dry Ice - why it should not go in the swimming pool?
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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ELI5 LED Bulbs - why the blue one warranted a Nobel prize?
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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ELI5 Snow - what makes the perfect snowflake?
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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ELI5 Asteroids - why NASA wants to catch an asteroid?
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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ELI5 Pluto - is it a planet or not?
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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ELI5 Asbestos - how does it cause cancer?
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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ELI5 MSG - how does it make food tasty?
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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ELI5 Fast Planes - why so little progress in recent decades?
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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ELI5 Shampoo - all colors of shampoo foam white, why?
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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ELI5 Vitamin D - what do you mean it's not a vitamin?
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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ELI5 Dreams - why running is so hard in dreams?
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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ELI5 French Fries - really they weren't invented in France?
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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ELI5 Microwaves - the full truth behind why no metal?
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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ELI5 Eagle Eye - do they have zoomed in vision?
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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ELI5 Calendars - how the world agrees on the day & date?
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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ELI5 Nursery Rhymes - why so morbid?
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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ELI5 Hair - pluck out a hair, then rub the pain away, why does this work?
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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ELI5 Red & White Meat - what makes chicken meat white, but beef red?
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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ELI5 Ice Cream - why do we eat it out of a cone?
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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ELI5 Sister Cities - are twin cities a gimmick or is there more to the relationship?
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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ELI5 Circular Windows - why don't planes and ships have square windows?
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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ELI5 Mosquitos - why some people get bitten more than others?
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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ELI5 Deja Vu - ever remember you forgot something but can't remember what?
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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ELI5 Surnames - why Green, Brown and Black are popular surnames but Blue, Orange and Red are not?
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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ELI5 Antibodies - can you get Covid-19 antibodies from a blood transfusion?
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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ELI5 Vaccines - why is a Covid-19 vaccine is taking so long to make?
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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ELI5 Chocolate - milk, dark & white, what's the difference?
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May 29, 2020 |
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ELI5 Yawning - why is hearing reduced when you yawn?
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May 22, 2020 |
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ELI5 Blood Oxygen - why are pulse oximeters suddenly so popular?
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May 15, 2020 |
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ELI5 Birthmarks - what causes our skin to have them?
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May 08, 2020 |
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ELI5 Left & Right Wings in Politics - why the Elephant and Donkey as mascots?
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May 01, 2020 |
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ELI5 Rainbows - how are rainbows formed, and why is the color brown missing?
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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ELI5 Virus vs Bacteria - why getting sick from viruses is different to bacterial diseases
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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ELI5 Wi-Fi - how does wifi hacking work?
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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ELI5 Spanish Flu - as a global pandemic, why was it nicknamed Spanish Flu?
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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ELI5 Everest - how did they measure it (and other mountains) originally?
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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ELI5 Gray Hair - why does stress cause grey hair?
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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ELI5 Sneezing - why our eyes water when a sneeze gets 'stuck'
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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ELI5 Disinfectant Alcohol - why is 70% alcohol better than 90% as disinfectant?
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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ELI5 Credit Card Security - is a chip really safer than a magstripe?
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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ELI5 Ski Jumping - how do they not get injured when landing?
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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ELI5 Credit Scores - why do FICO scores end at 850?
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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ELI5 Face Masks - surgical masks, N95 masks what's the difference?
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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ELI5 Pensions - where did the modern pension come from?
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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ELI5 Gluten - why have folks suddenly become allergic to gluten this past decade?
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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ELI5 Activity Trackers - how do they detect deep sleep?
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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ELI5 Passwords - are password managers safe?
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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ELI5 National Debt - who do countries owe when they are in debt?
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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ELI5 Zero - why its discovery by ancient civilizations was so ground breaking for mathematics
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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ELI5 Dopamine - is it a feel good drug? (hint, it's not)
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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ELI5 Noise Canceling - why are noise cancelling headphones more effective with low pitch sounds but not with high pitched frequencies?
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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ELI5 Xmas - Special Guest Episode with Christmas Past host Brian Earl
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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ELI5 Photography - ISO, shutter speed, aperture explained
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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ELI5 Standing Still - why is the world record for time walking longer than time standing?
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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ELI5 Left Handed - why aren't 50% of people lefties?
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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ELI5 Recycling - wrong thing in the recycle bin, what happens next?
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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ELI5 Truffles - What makes them special and so expensive?
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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ELI5 Marathons - What happens to the body over 26.2 miles?
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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ELI5 Tea - Why you should never put a tea bag in the microwave!
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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ELI5 Scars - How does the body repair a wound?
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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ELI5 Bicycles - Why are women's bike frames different to men's?
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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ELI5 Air Conditioning - How does it work?
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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ELI5 Weddings - Where do wedding traditions (eg not seeing the bride in her dress) come from?
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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ELI5 Morning People - What makes someone a morning person?
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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ELI5 Sore Muscles - Why the delay in soreness after a workout?
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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🔥 ELI5 Flight Delays - how do airports manage weather cancellations?
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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ELI5 Jeans - Do you have to wash your Levi's?
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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ELI5 White Noise - Plus brown noise, pink noise & other colored noises explained
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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ELI5 Drones - Why don't we see helicopter sized quadcopters?
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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ELI5 Bitcoin - Explain crypto currency like I'm five!
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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ELI5 Stress - What does it do to our bodies?
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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ELI5 Popcorn - What makes it pop?
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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ELI5 Metabolism - How does it work?
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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ELI5 Snoring - Why don't we hear ourselves snore?
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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ELI5 Steroids - What makes them dangerous and illicit?
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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ELI5 Coal To Diamond - Can we really turn coal into diamonds through applying the right pressure conditions?
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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ELI5 Breakfast - Is it the most important meal of the day?
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May 31, 2019 |
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ELI5 Wine - Do pesticides affect the taste of wine?
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May 24, 2019 |
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ELI5 Baking Soda - What gives it magical properties?
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May 16, 2019 |
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ELI5 Measles - Should I worry about the measles resurgence?
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May 11, 2019 |
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ELI5 Talking Grass - Why does the smell of freshly mowed grass release chemicals to warn of oncoming danger?
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May 03, 2019 |
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ELI5 Upper & Lower Case Characters - Why are some letters the same in uppercase and lowercase, and some look completely different?
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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ELI5 Screaming in Pain - Why do we scream to relieve physical pain?
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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ELI5 International Space Station - How does the ISS never run out of oxygen?
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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ELI5 Allergies - What causes us to get allergic reactions? Are there more allergy incidences today than 20yrs ago?
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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ELI5 Cancer - How do medical professionals break down the various stages? How does “normal” cancer differ from terminal cancer?
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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ELI5 Alcohol - How does alcohol make you drunk?
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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ELI5 Capcha - Why can't bots check 'I am not a robot' checkboxes?
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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ELI5 Spicy Food - What causes my body to react when I eat spicy food?
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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ELI5 Super Glue - How does super glue work and how is it different from a regular glue stick?
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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ELI5 Emergency Calls Only - If there is no cellphone signal, how does "emergency calls only" mode work?
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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ELI5 Caffeine - It has almost no calories, so where does the energy come from?
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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ELI5 Trailer - welcome to explain like I'm five
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Jan 01, 2019 |