/r/explainlikeimfive - top ten submissions for each month of 2019
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2019, December
15701 ELI5: Howcome we can see a campfire from miles ...
14760 ELI5: Why do vocal harmonies of older songs sou...
14581 ELI5: How did they calculate a single sperm to ...
14364 ELI5: I just watched Arrival for the first time...
13722 ELI5: When watches/clocks were first invented, ...
13237 ELI5: Why does adding white vinegar to the laun...
12549 ELI5: Why do things turn dark when wet?
12495 ELI5:If there's 3.2 billion base pairs in the h...
11997 Eli5: How is it that Cows can consume the same ...
10333 ELI5: why do canker sores appear, taste like me...
2019, November
17491 ELI5: How did old forts actually "protect" a st...
14720 ELI5: Why does a laptop say it's at 6-8% charge...
12097 ELI5: How did old school shooter gun games like...
10986 ELI5: why is it that estrogen is the female hor...
9533 ELI5: Why do softer things like blankets feel w...
8499 ELI5: What is the "gamey" flavor of wild meat?
8262 ELI5: Why every number to the power of 0 is equ...
7861 ELI5: What creates the mushroom cloud when an a...
7319 ELI5: Why does skin wrinkle over time?
7001 ELI5: How are space stations heated?
2019, October
18939 ELI5: I saw an article today that said Lyft ann...
18361 ELI5: if cancer is basically a clump of cells t...
16583 ELI5: How can fruits and vegetables withstand s...
15739 Eli5: What does ‘I think therefore I am’ me...
13189 ELI5: how do animals that come back from extinc...
13130 ELI5: When inside a large group of people (at a...
13064 ELI5 how do online password managers work and h...
12198 ELI5: What causes that feeling of "emptiness" w...
11619 ELI5: When did people stop believing in the old...
10090 ELI5: How come when someone is trying to rememb...
2019, September
28101 ELI5: Why does "Hoo" produce cold air but "Haa"...
24107 ELI5: Why do older emulated games still occasio...
21581 ELI5: How do recycling factories deal with the ...
17531 ELI5: When you’re playing chess with the comp...
15118 ELI5: Why do soldiers still learn to march even...
13763 ELI5: What specifically makes it hard for milli...
13095 ELI5: If you drive down the road and you roll t...
12809 ELI5: How big are clouds? Like, how much geogra...
12659 ELI5:Why wet slaps hurt more?
12186 [ELI5] Why have some languages like Spanish kep...
2019, August
40193 ELI5: How did we get to the point where laptops...
22386 ELI5: How is peach flavoring so easily captured...
21800 ELI5: What is the "sharp" in sharp cheddar? How...
21102 ELI5: What is the psychology behind not wanting...
20708 ELI5: How do actors/actress do sex scenes in tv...
15528 ELI5: How do they manage to constantly provide ...
14247 ELI5: The difference between a router, switch, ...
13601 ELI5: Chicago has poor conditions for building ...
12262 ELI5: Why does a single proton change everythin...
11766 ELI5- When you don’t eat for a period of time...
2019, July
20079 ELI5: why is a chip on a credit card considered...
15664 ELI5: There’s millions if not billions of cre...
13238 ELI5: Why is it advised to NOT give water to so...
12437 ELI5: Do memories occupy a physical space in th...
11724 ELI5: Why do most crustaceans / seafood turn fr...
11706 Eli5: Why can a thermal flask keep items cold f...
11080 ELI5: have languages for animals developed over...
10806 ELI5: Why does soap clean your body and yet mak...
10777 ELI5: Why does macaroni and cheese lose so much...
10569 ELI5: The Sensitivity Conjecture has been solve...
2019, June
27863 ELI5: Why do blockbuster movies like Avatar and...
22090 ELI5: Suicide is listed as a side effect of ove...
18347 ELI5: Why does it take 24 hours for muscles to ...
17946 ELI5: Why is that if you fall asleep hungry you...
17635 ELI5: How can a half-built house be left in the...
16043 ELI5: Why do coffee drinkers feel more clear he...
15104 ELI5: why is is still hard to fall asleep when ...
10795 ELI5: how is it possible people can create thin...
9790 ELI5: How do ski jumpers not sustain injury whe...
9466 ELI5: How are amputees able to control the fing...
2019, May
27197 ELI5: How, at 93 million miles away, does the s...
21928 ELI5: Why does it seem so challenging now to se...
16029 ELI5: Dinosaurs lived in a world that was much ...
15175 ELI5: Why are all economies expected to "grow"?...
14121 ELI5: How do series like Planet Earth capture f...
13723 ELI5: Ocean phytoplankton and algae produce 70-...
13060 ELI5: Why is hot water more effective than cold...
12609 ELI5: What happens when a tap is off? Does the ...
11917 ELI5: Why is it easier to set a piece of paper ...
11532 ELI5: Why were prehistoric animals so much bigg...
2019, April
28530 ELI5: Why is it that Mandarin and Cantonese are...
22791 ELI5: What actually happens when we unintention...
19149 ELI5: Why do Marvel movies (and other heavily C...
16135 ELI5: When dams are being built, how do they bu...
14896 ELI5: Why is there such an emphasis on not cons...
13581 ELI5: Why is honey dangerous to toddlers and in...
13250 ELI5: If almost every large animal with mobilit...
11555 ELI5: If our tears are salty, by don’t hurt, ...
11508 ELI5: Why India is the only place commonly call...
10283 ELI5: Why does the moon look huge in the distan...
2019, March
28173 ELI5: Why does making a 3 degree difference in ...
24958 ELI5: Why is it children’s shampoo is “tear...
21925 ELI5: What makes a beer belly how it is, round ...
21034 ELI5: The universe is made up of atoms which ar...
20250 ELI5: How does the ISS never run out of fresh a...
19542 ELI5: How are our Phones so resistant to bugs, ...
17014 ELI5: If taking ibuprofen reduces your fever, b...
15993 ELI5: Why is "proof" on alcoholic beverages twi...
15068 ELI5: How did ROM files originally get extracte...
13926 ELI5: When flights get cancelled because of hea...
2019, February
19771 ELI5 What keeps bed bugs in check? Why haven't ...
12047 ELI5: Why are military boots laced?
12047 ELI5: How can the color spectrum be wrapped int...
11966 ELI5: What's the difference between CS (Compute...
11705 ELI5: How can phones have 8gb ram in such a sma...
10183 ELI5: Why is it so hard for game consoles to in...
9637 ELI5: when people describe babies as “addicte...
8983 ELI5: What’s the difference between a mafia a...
8537 ELI5: How do dryer sheets remove wrinkles and/o...
8492 ELI5: how do birds and the like survive inside ...
2019, January
22484 ELI5: How can the same side of the moon always ...
20018 ELI5: why is 3G and lesser cellular reception o...
18316 ELI5: Most countries in the world seem to be in...
16342 ELI5: Why does plastic turn white when you bend...
14607 ELI5: How is data actually transferred through ...
14438 ELI5: Why was it so groundbreaking that ancient...
13190 ELI5: How come full scale quad copters as big a...
12531 ELI5: We can freeze human sperm and eggs indefi...
12239 ELI5: Why do musical semitones mess around with...
11735 ELI5: Why is a tetanus shot required for a deep...
