/r/explainlikeimfive - top ten submissions for each month of 2017
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2017, December
28068 ELI5: If there is no cellphone signal, how does...
27014 ELI5: NASA Engineers just communicated with Voy...
25940 ELI5: Why after a good long cry can't we take a...
24226 ELI5: Why is finding "patient zero" in an epide...
22214 ELI5 the difference between 4 Wheel Drive and A...
20182 ELI5: Why do establishments make bathroom doors...
20109 ELI5: Why do most hard candies just shrink down...
18678 ELI5: Why does a good pair of headphones/earpho...
16671 ELI5: Why does blood not stick to human skin li...
14892 ELI5: Difference between LED, AMOLED, LCD, and ...
2017, November
21237 ELI5: Why do companies (Google, Apple, etc.) th...
20737 ELI5: Why does 3G suck now?
19566 ELI5: Why are human eye colours restricted to b...
19485 ELI5 : Why do we wake up starving the morning a...
19191 ELI5: Why does Carbonated water that has gone f...
16628 ELI5: How come spent nuclear fuel is constantly...
15504 ELI5: How do smelling salts wake you up after y...
14859 ELI5: How does bowing work in Japanese culture....
14730 ELI5: Why is it that sitting for extended perio...
13427 ELI5:Why do Large Planes Require Horizontal and...
2017, October
19604 ELI5: Why does your ear pop sometimes and sound...
18386 ELI5: Why do snipers need a 'spotter'?
16451 ELI5:How do small animals not get hurt by rain ...
13707 ELI5:What Happens where Predators eat body part...
13456 ELI5: How come when you are hungry your stomach...
13294 ELI5: Why is tupperware wet coming out of the d...
12337 ELI5: what happens to caterpillars who haven't ...
12217 ELI5: What exactly is an anxiety disorder and h...
11894 ELI5: What happens to a charger that's plugged ...
11663 ELI5: Why do burns blister and why do burn woun...
2017, September
45336 ELI5: Apparently, the smell of freshly mowed gr...
28232 ELI5: The old testament, new testemant, and the...
27982 ELI5: Why aren't power lines in the US burried ...
25203 ELI5: Why does your body feel physically ill af...
25106 ELI5: Why do we sometimes create morbid hypothe...
17519 ELI5: Trains seem like no-brainers for total au...
16877 ELI5: Why is building a Mars colony the next bi...
16230 ELI5 Why is it hard for people to change thier ...
14556 ELI5:Why does drinking a glass of water help wi...
14070 ELI5:What caused the water to disappear (and in...
2017, August
25799 ELI5:Why do toddlers love to hand you things?
21857 ELI5: According to data we have discovered 14% ...
21197 ELI5:Why do our brains choose short term conven...
20081 ELI5: Digestion takes about six to eight hours ...
19042 ELI5: If humans need such a balanced diet to st...
18549 ELI5: How does gravity make time slow down?
18001 ELI5: Coffee and cocoa beans are awful raw, and...
17769 ELI5: How did Salt and Pepper become the chosen...
17550 ELI5: How do we know dinosaurs didn't have cart...
16934 ELI5: How did it become common place for humans...
2017, July
29986 ELI5: what is the reason that almost every vide...
28206 ELI5: How can large chains (Target, Walmart, et...
26157 ELI5:With the amount of helium running out, why...
25823 ELI5: If I break my finger or cut it or smash i...
22341 ELI5: Whem pouring liquid from one container to...
20652 ELI5: How point systems, like on Snapchat and R...
19307 ELI5: Why is a 4-digit code sufficient for bank...
19087 ELI5: How do rich people use donations as tax w...
17942 ELI5: The guitar and piano seem like the two mo...
17779 ELI5: Why, after hundreds of thousands of years...
2017, June
39149 ELI5: Why can people walk many miles without di...
32612 ELI5 how casinos can refuse to pay a jackpot, c...
32261 ELI5: How come you can be falling asleep watchi...
29169 ELI5: Went on vacation. Fridge died while I was...
20540 ELI5: In the song "Taxman" the Beatles complain...
19363 ELI5: Why is carpet used in the floors of vehic...
19265 ELI5:How come sometimes when one is extremely h...
17914 ELI5: Why are we able to control almost all of ...
16932 ELI5: How come airlines no longer require elect...
16778 ELI5: why people say "boomers" ruined the housi...
2017, May
44418 ELI5:How after 5000 years of humanity surviving...
20984 ELI5: Why do the Oscars tend to favour more cri...
20074 ELI5: Why do 5-year-olds (and under) like to wa...
20010 ELI5: How did prostitution work before birth co...
19844 ELI5: I get the war on drugs in the USA, but ho...
19119 ELI5: How do flies constantly fly into hard obj...
18832 ELI5: How and why are books like The Great Gats...
18740 ELI5: Why do our bodies sometimes get sharp pai...
18533 ELI5: How does the White House prevent visitors...
17632 ELI5: How were ISP's able to "pocket" the $200 ...
2017, April
22299 ELI5: Queen Victoria ruled over one of the most...
20876 ELI5:Why is it good for you to raise your heart...
20730 ELI5: What's so great about the Mona Lisa?
16976 ELI5: How does blood circulate through your bod...
15580 ELI5: Why do human beings just get sad sometime...
14652 ELI5:Why aren't we putting a lot more research ...
14338 ELI5: What's the difference between a cult and ...
13091 ELI5: Why do high schools in the US care so muc...
13011 ELI5: Why are flowers attractive to humans even...
12791 ELI5 : How does our body know we are taking a n...
2017, March
27756 ELI5: Why do you need a Master's Degree to beco...
26818 ELI5: Why is W called "double U" when it is cle...
16621 ELI5: Why is it that we don't remember falling ...
16037 ELI5: The calculation which dictates the univer...
15864 ELI5: Why is our brain programmed to like sugar...
15691 ELI5: Why is breakfast "the most important meal...
13769 ELI5: Why do small animals move in quick twitch...
12988 ELI5:Why is lobbyism normal in the US? What's t...
12878 ELI5: Why is it important not to fall unconscio...
11894 ELI5: What causes an Existential Crisis to trig...
2017, February
25341 ELI5: In the 50's a single person in the US wit...
18059 ELI5: Why Netflix makes shows either 23 or 42 m...
16087 ELI5: what happens to all those amazing discove...
14899 ELI5: If coal turns to diamonds through pressur...
14619 ELI5: Why is the majority of girls handwriting ...
14457 ELI5:When you're asleep, what part of the brain...
14283 ELI5: Why is it appropriate for PG13 movies/sho...
14255 ELI5: When choosing the 'Restart' option on my ...
12821 ELI5: How did television studios make words lik...
12642 ELI5: When did "the customer is always right" b...
2017, January
34387 ELI5: Military officers swear to protect and de...
32526 ELI5: Why do we have separation of church and s...
20605 ELI5: Can someone please explain how Jurassic P...
17846 ELI5: Why do certain foods (i.e. vanilla extrac...
15939 ELI5: If sound travels better through water, wh...
15567 ELI5: Back when the Indian caste system was str...
14731 ELI5: How come when you're sick you can blow yo...
12908 ELI5: How have we come so far with visual techn...
12420 ELI5: How did the modern playground came to be?...
12191 ELI5: Why is it that we think of mirrors as bei...
