/r/explainlikeimfive - top ten submissions for each month of 2016
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2016, December
25818 ELI5: Please explain climate change proof like ...
22952 ELI5: Why is suspension from school a punishmen...
22853 ELI5: Why can't bots check 'I am not a robot' c...
18410 ELI5: Why do many doctors work in crazy 24-36 h...
18320 ELI5: Why is the US President supposed to ignor...
17419 ELI5: Why can some birds, which do not even hav...
14869 ELI5: How did ancient people figure out that se...
13230 ELI5: Why is it that loud music we enjoy doesn'...
12391 ELI5: Why in so many parts of the world are sal...
12288 ELI5: How is it possible that some animals are ...
2016, November
17835 ELI5:Why are adults woken up automatically when...
12272 ELI5:I see snails appear when raining, but wher...
12127 ELI5: How does homelessness exist in developed ...
11469 ELI5: Why can a 10 minute afternoon nap be bene...
11067 ELI5: What is the science behind cryogenically ...
10964 ELI5:Why do boobs vary so much in size, many be...
10415 [ELI5] Why do home toilets have tanks on the ba...
9368 ELI5:Why do children want to watch the same mov...
9213 ELI5: why is the US the only country, apart fro...
9106 ELI5: Why do people get bags under their eyes w...
2016, October
6472 ELI5: If bacteria die from (for example, boiled...
5764 ELI5: In most machines and appliances, why does...
5361 ELI5: If debts (such as medical) are often sold...
5360 ELI5:How do hackers remain anonymous when they ...
5248 ELI5: Before computers, how were newspapers abl...
5165 ELI5: Time Crystals (yeah, they are apparently ...
5134 ELI5: How does a bird swallow a fish whole/live...
5122 ELI5: Why is it not illegal to present objectiv...
5102 ELI5:I've seen crabs living under water and als...
4988 ELI5: What's the difference between a matrix sc...
2016, September
5588 ELI5: Where do internet providers get their int...
5501 ELI5 - Why Are Humans' Predominately Right Hand...
5472 ELI5: Why is so much importance held on the pre...
5292 ELI5: What is so special about baking soda? Why...
5126 ELI5: Is taking a 3 hour nap during the day and...
5113 ELI5: Why are SSDs sold in 240 GB, 480 GB, etc....
5070 ELI5: Why does adrenaline in certain circumstan...
5057 ELI5: What are the differences between the C pr...
5052 ELI5: Why is the diatonic order of a piano CDEF...
5039 ELI5:Why do men appear to have a "stitch line" ...
2016, August
5212 ELI5: Is letting wounds 'breathe' a thing, if s...
5170 ELI5: Can hearing become impaired by being expo...
5121 ELI5: Why is Blackjack the only mathematically ...
5055 ELI5: Why are we inclined to walk around during...
5044 ELI5:Why does working a muscle to exhaustion wi...
4775 ELI5: What are the main differences between exi...
4711 ELI5: Why is the ocean sometimes really dark, l...
4681 ELI5: How much work does a pilot really do and ...
4581 ELI5: How does mental or emotional stress manif...
4565 ELI5 Are predators that stalk their prey aware ...
2016, July
4937 ELI5: What do they mean when they say Jupiter i...
4784 ELI5: How do technicians determine the cause of...
4709 ELI5: How do we know exactly that the bee popul...
4596 ELI5: Why is the sound quality of AM radio so m...
4577 ELI5: Why are fiber-optic connections faster? D...
4530 ELI5: The theory that black holes can be used f...
4479 ELI5:Why are there over 100,000 children in the...
4442 ELI5: Despite every other form of technology ha...
4430 ELI5: What causes the "second wind" after stayi...
4348 ELI5: How is "Paying off the National debt" pos...
2016, June
5288 ELI5: When sending a letter abroad, how does th...
4858 ELI5: why are train tracks filled with stones?
4783 ELI5: What exactly did John Oliver do in the la...
4638 ELI5: What does the court's recent decision reg...
4499 ELI5: If scratching irritated skin is bad for y...
4493 ELI5:Why is it so important that the US Preside...
4468 ELI5: Why does wool retain its insulating prope...
4442 ELI5: What is really happening when companies l...
4424 ELI5: Why does 30°C feel fine in when I'm in G...
4399 ELI5: Why we usually get only one illness at a ...
2016, May
5593 ELI5: Why did it take 1 year to construct the E...
5247 ELI5: Why do we (US) separate dental and medica...
4768 ELI5: Why do we just throw away aluminum foil? ...
4639 ELI5: Why the male suicide rate is about four t...
4629 ELI5:Why is it that everything can tasted in th...
4609 ELI5: How are there telescopes that are powerfu...
4479 ELI5:Why is Afrikaans significantly distinct fr...
4450 ELI5: A modern GPU has Billions of Transistors,...
4443 ELI5: How do people solve rubix cubes in <10 se...
4423 ELI5: If animals can distinguish us from our sm...
2016, April
7074 ELI5: The Panama Papers
5779 ELI5: Why is it that billions of dollars can be...
5144 ELI5: Why do we recognize that mirrors are "sil...
5033 ELI5:How does rabies make it's victims 'afraid'...
4992 ELI5: What is a 'Straw Man' argument?
4699 ELI5: The legal concept of bail. How can a cour...
4678 ELI5: Is there a difference between consuming 1...
4629 ELI5: Why do pens dry out when the cap is left ...
4548 ELI5: Why do some people look unattractive in p...
4504 ELI5: When you go on a roller coaster or drive ...
2016, March
5318 ELI5: What do all of these leaked emails from b...
4972 ELI5: Why is Indonesia's lung cancer rate so lo...
4917 ELI5: Why did old school TVs have a "layer" of ...
4877 ELI5: How was the Great Wall of China of strate...
4778 ELI5:How do terrestrial ant colonies survive to...
4775 ELI5: How are the countries involved in the "Ar...
4582 ELI5:How come people can't be cryogenically fro...
4510 ELI5:Why do airline passengers have to put thei...
4463 ELI5: how do DJs get the acapella vocals to rem...
4438 ELI5: Why is charcoal so effective in fire plac...
2016, February
5857 ELI5: Why is today's announcement of the discov...
5287 ELI5:If fruits are produced by plants for anima...
5272 ELI5 How come it takes years to make a 2 hour m...
5257 ELI5: Why do we have to have a very varied diet...
5218 ELI5: Listerine kills bacteria in my mouth, but...
5178 ELI5: Why do horses need to be put down when th...
5012 ELI5: How did they build Medieval bridges in de...
4869 ELI5: In nature, why is there no opposite to â€...
4681 ELI5: If the age of the universe is about 14 bi...
4625 ELI5: How can BP report profits of $5.9 billion...
2016, January
5399 ELI5: How can multiplayer games send informatio...
5381 ELI5: Microsoft got killed in court over making...
5365 ELI5:What has changed in the last 40 years so t...
5286 ELI5 : Since millions of years ago there was a ...
5224 ELI5: Why is cannibalism detrimental to the bod...
5181 ELI5:People who are exposed to the cold more bu...
5139 ELI5:Why do so many tech companies move to such...
5123 ELI5: How are we sure that humans won't have ad...
4981 ELI5: How can animals with fairly thin coats, s...
4951 ELI5: Why must I enter a CAPTCHA to pay a bill?...
