/r/explainlikeimfive - top ten submissions for each month of 2020
sfw subreddits
| <<
explainlikeimfive 2019
|
explainlikeimfive 2021
>>
2020, December
33353 ELI5 If diamonds and other gemstones can be lab...
26609 ELI5: Why do some animals (like spiders or liza...
23195 ELI5: why can't we have supplements or pills fo...
22560 ELI5: When you restart a PC, does it completely...
21901 ELI5: If the internet is primarily dependent on...
20701 ELI5: what is the science behind weighted blank...
19173 ELI5: Why does it feel colder inside in the win...
17532 ELI5: Why are burns due to chemicals or intense...
15556 ELI5: Why is grief so physically exhausting?
15533 ELI5: Why are (pretty much) all tires black?
2020, November
28714 ELI5: Why do traditional cars lack any decent a...
22788 ELI5 Why do people seem to age so incredibly fa...
21655 eli5: How comes when you buy vitamins separatel...
18448 Eli5: When examining a body with multiple possi...
17634 ELI5: Why is the URL of google searches so long...
17099 ELI5: Why do we tend to listen to a new song th...
16477 ELI5: why does the body always wake up so early...
15481 ELI5: How do veterinarians determine if animals...
14693 Eli5 How does the start/stop feature in newer c...
13545 ELI5: Why are there “hot people†and “col...
2020, October
24900 ELi5: When a baby is born, how are their lungs ...
21760 ELI5: Why is armpit sweat much more pungent tha...
21182 ELI5 What's the difference between the shiny an...
20391 ELI5: If plastic was made in 1907 how do they k...
20054 Eli5: why is when a bone shatters it can rebuil...
19829 ELI5: Why exactly are back pains so common as p...
17307 ELI5: how come a cup of coffee doesn't seem to ...
15282 Eli5 What really is a fraction TIMES a fraction...
15090 ELI5: When you read a sentence but don't absorb...
15080 ELI5: Why does using bar soap when washing my h...
2020, September
33592 ELI5 why do humans need to eat many different k...
26577 ELI5: Why is it that you can keep a house phone...
25957 ELI5: Why were ridiculously fast planes like th...
25410 Eli5: what is systemic racism. I genuinely don'...
24241 ELI5: Why is it that when we watch footage from...
20752 Eli5 Why does saliva taste like blood when you ...
19643 ELI5: Why can the human body absorb toxins thru...
19366 ELI5: It’s said that, theoretically, if you f...
18561 ELI5: why does the moon look big to our eyes bu...
18529 ELI5: Why is around 200C/ 400F the right temper...
2020, August
30163 ELI5: Why is it, that you can eat a 2,000 calor...
27767 ELI5: How come all those atomic bomb tests were...
24740 ELI5: if an anchor is deep seated in the seabed...
18612 ELI5: On MMORPGs, how can a server laglessly ha...
18185 ELI5: Why do flies rub their hands together whe...
18075 ELI5: why does rain come down as “drops†in...
17931 ELI5: Why do some forests have undergrowth so t...
16706 ELI5: why do we have a white half moon at the t...
16632 ELI5: How do ear drops actually clean your ears...
15854 ELi5: is it true that if you simultaneously sho...
2020, July
38142 ELI5 Why is 12 hour time even taught? Wouldn’...
27456 ELI5: Why do "bad smells" like smoke and rottin...
21367 ELI5: Why are modern artists able to draw hyper...
20867 ELI5: If the universe is always expanding, that...
19452 ELI5: How have the weekdays of all countries ju...
18856 ELI5: Why do blacksmiths need to 'hammer' blade...
18457 ELI5: How has the ISS managed to stay in orbit ...
16881 ELI5: why construction workers don’t seem to ...
16289 ELI5: How come a child will unknowingly pee in ...
16174 ELI5: what causes the weird buzzing noises when...
2020, June
38071 ELI5: There are infinite numbers between 0 and ...
25325 ELI5: If I enter a password wrong thrice, the s...
24065 ELI5: Why do ships have circular windows instea...
21561 ELI5: If the whole purpose of a fruit/vegetable...
20137 ELI5 what is the humidity scale in reference to...
18043 ELI5: There are many programming languages, but...
17250 ELI5: How come when it is extra bright outside,...
16962 ELI5: How do internet cables that go under the ...
16659 ELI5: Why does windows takes way longer to dete...
15793 ELI5: How can a psychological factor like stres...
2020, May
24242 ELI5: how can our brains remember that we forgo...
18021 ELI5: How does a can of Orange Fanta have 160 c...
17621 ELI5: Why is chicken meat white, but beef red?
17104 ELI5: why does having a long story before a rec...
16986 ELI5: why does the air conditioner cold feel so...
15781 ELI5: What is space made out of? What is the bl...
14458 ELI5: What exactly is happening in your body to...
14317 ELI5 - How exactly does water put out a fire? I...
14227 ELI5 : Why are computer CPUs the size they are?...
13548 ELI5: Why does it take half a year to decode an...
2020, April
38674 ELI5: So how does the the human brain ignore th...
25375 ELI5: What does it mean when scientists say “...
24907 ELI5: Why do alcoholics die when they stop drin...
21996 ELI5: Why are so many electrical plugs designed...
21064 ELI5: For automated processes, for example onli...
20726 ELI5: why do appliances like fans have the off ...
20075 ELI5 When a pen quits half way through the word...
19250 ELI5: what is actually happening psychologicall...
19030 ELI5: How do we know some numbers, like Pi are ...
18223 ELI5: The Earth's gravity is strong enough to k...
2020, March
20944 ELI5: Why is it possible for people to understa...
16561 ELI5: Why did historical diseases like the blac...
16541 ELI5: How is eating meat bad for the environment?
12729 ELI5: How come when you burp while drinking sod...
12343 ELI5: How fasting or changing the amount of foo...
11576 ELI5: How do food producers measure the exact a...
10343 ELI5: Why does "pure" alcohol feel so strange t...
9994 ELI5: How is cancer so deadly but a person feel...
9916 ELI5: If an Earthquake is an giant plate moving...
9700 ELI5: How does exercise boost energy levels?
2020, February
19893 ELI5: They said "the water doesn't have an expi...
16818 ELI5: What does 'dry' mean in alcohol
16245 ELI5 How do direction work in space because nor...
15000 ELI5 how are micro SD cards able to store entir...
14426 ELI5: Why do 50% of people who break their hip ...
13120 ELI5: Why does sleeping in a car feel different...
12667 ELI5: Can a soap be dirty? In a sense that ther...
12437 ELI5: How are wild and sometimes dangerous anim...
12408 ELI5: Why does a debit card reader ask what kin...
12375 ELI5: if the colon has no pain receptors, why d...
2020, January
29258 ELI5: How does your body burn 2000 calories a d...
21027 ELI5: How do some games like Monster Hunter, or...
16053 ELI5: How is that Alcohol 70% is better than Al...
15978 ELI5: Why are other standards for data transfer...
15244 ELI5: Why do humans get sexually aroused when s...
14990 ELI5: Why do you need to press so many buttons ...
14766 ELI5: Why do our eyes “click†in place when...
13859 ELIF: Just watched Ford v. Ferrari. How was the...
13595 ELI5: How do free mobile games make money when ...
13272 ELI5: Why do you have back and neck aches for d...
