/r/explainlikeimfive - top ten submissions for each month of 2021
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2021, December
23964 ELI5- What is gaslighting?
23371 eli5 Why does down syndrome cause an almost ide...
16268 ELI5: Why did latin, a language spoken by a hug...
14745 ELI5 If boiling water kills germs, aren't their...
14598 ELI5: Why does it matter that oats are steel cut?
11408 ELI5: Why are planes not getting faster?
10764 ELI5 Why do guillotines fall with the blade not...
10690 ELI5: How do some websites hijack my back butto...
10220 ELI5: How come Google is never hacked (emails, ...
9783 ELI5: How come people get brain damage after 1-...
2021, November
15321 ELI5 Why does it take a computer minutes to sea...
11489 ELI5: Does working out for 10 minutes every day...
10881 ELI5 if nicotine flushes out of your body withi...
10714 ELI5: does inflation ever reverse? What kind of...
10194 ELI5: how is it possible that we can only see b...
10160 ELI5: why is hot food supposed to be cooled bef...
9840 ELI5:Do donated organs age according to the don...
9270 ELI5: Why divers coming out of depths need to d...
9204 ELI5: How is it that losing 1kg of bodyweight r...
9157 ELI5 - Why does water need to be boiled for a p...
2021, October
23593 ELI5: How do ships anchor themselves in very de...
12915 ELI5: Why does time slow down at high speeds?
12704 ElI5- what did Nietzsche mean when he said "Whe...
12098 ELI5: What is a straw man argument?
11813 ELI5: Why exactly is it wrong to remove a USB s...
11557 ELI5 - My daughter who is 5 discovered that her...
11459 ELI5: Why do pregnant bellies "pop out" the bel...
10783 ELI5 why was aluminum used in antiperspirant fo...
10414 ELI5: why do Serrated bread knives stay sharp f...
9994 eli5: I don't understand why hieroglyphics a lo...
2021, September
13970 ELI5: why is red meat "bloody" while poultry an...
11537 ELI5: When extreme flooding happens, why arenâ€...
11500 ELI5: How/why is space between the sun and the ...
10439 ELI5: Does a phone charger or any other cable t...
10350 ELI5: How does sniffing glue and sharpies make ...
9696 ELI5: Does the Earth produce it’s own water n...
9520 ELI5: Why do some plants have poisonous berries...
9527 ELI5: Why do older bath towels absorb water so ...
9280 ELI5 Why is placing a black bar only over someo...
9055 Eli5 Why did the mid 70's to late 80's America ...
2021, August
41775 We call upon Reddit to take action against the ...
15703 ELI5: What are weightstations on US interstates...
14791 ELI5: The maximum limits to human lifespan appe...
14625 ELI5: Why is canned soda always so much colder ...
13847 ELI5: Why is it that bears, birds and other ani...
13110 eli5: What does zipping a file actually do? Why...
12101 [ELI5] What's the benefit of calculating Pi to ...
11910 Eli5 if electric vehicles are better for the en...
11192 ELI5: Why do we hit a limit of 60 for seconds a...
11120 ELI5: How is it not possible for NASA to have u...
2021, July
34510 ELI5 remembers u/bossgalaga
31787 ELI5: How did Germany stop being Nazis after th...
16671 ELI5: Why are metals smelted into the ingot sha...
13781 ELI5: If sitting down for long periods is bad f...
13718 ELI5: Why do refrigerator doors suddenly need h...
13135 ELI5: Why is blood not spilling out if the surg...
12299 Eli5: how do modern cutting tools with an autom...
11305 ELI5 Why does seafood go bad faster than meat?
10961 ELI5: What exactly is the "sand" that forms aro...
10750 ELI5: Why does sea water hurt our eyes, but tea...
2021, June
16621 ELI5: Why did old TVs require that the channel ...
16203 ELI5 how do water wells work? Why did medieval ...
15947 ELI5: What exactly happens when a WiFi router s...
14910 ELI5: How does trace amounts of fetanyl kill dr...
14826 ELI5: why do houseflies get stuck in a closed w...
12544 ELi5: can someone give me an understanding of w...
12246 ELI5: If every part of the universe has aged di...
12161 ELI5: animals that express complex nest-buildin...
12092 ELI5: How can people have fires inside igloos w...
11168 ELI5: How do spam callers mask their phone numb...
2021, May
21795 ELI5: Do birds fly for days while over the ocea...
21329 ELI5: I’m told skin-to-skin contact leads to ...
19299 ELI5: If math is a such a definite subject with...
17769 ELI5: why does Pepsi in a can taste different f...
17687 ELI5: How does calculator know and use pi if ev...
17261 ELI5: why is it bad to swallow large amounts of...
15812 ELI5: Why is the loudest sound ever reported is...
15460 ELI5: Why, although planes are highly technolog...
15277 ELI5: Why is spoiled food dangerous if our stom...
14304 ELI5: Why do "red skies at morning" mean it's g...
2021, April
26206 ELI5: Why does hearing yourself speak with a fe...
21232 ELI5: Why can’t you spend dirty money like re...
19005 ELI5: Is all of our universe... lit? Can you be...
17857 ELi5: Can plants be “overweight†if they pr...
15997 ELI5: Are gas giant planets gassy? As in could ...
15240 ELI5: If both ADHD and autism are considered ne...
15112 ELi5: Why can’t you boil a sponge to sanitize...
14897 ELI5: How does the body decide where to add or ...
14694 ELI5: Why is gold shiny-yellow but most of the ...
14257 ELI5 what is chaos theory, and what is it used ...
2021, March
31313 ELI5: Addressing Concerns Regarding Reddit
28443 ELI5: Why can your body have a "sleep debt" but...
27078 ELI5: How can nothing be faster than light when...
20405 ELI5: Why is it impossible to transplant a blad...
19769 ELI5: How does a game like RDR2 spend 7+ years ...
18681 ELI5: Dentists always advise to floss or use in...
15409 Eli5 why do computers get slower over times eve...
14667 ELI5: we already know how photosynthesis is don...
14292 ELI5: If a chimp of average intelligence is abo...
14049 ELI5: someone please explain Standard Deviation...
2021, February
22929 ELI5: Why is it that it takes few seconds for o...
19241 ELI5: why do the fastest bicycles have really t...
17422 Eli5: Why do some things (e.g. Laptops) need ma...
14533 ELI5: When a person receives a limb donation, h...
14224 Eli5: Why do small animals like squirrels not l...
14067 ELI5: Why does everyone have a unique gait when...
14032 Eli5: Why is tomato-sauce so good at coloring p...
13990 ELI5: If our brains do not have pain receptors,...
13706 ELI5: Where do those extra four minutes go ever...
13384 ELI5: How do we think about moving our body wit...
2021, January
40446 ELI5: Stock Market Megathread
28693 Eli5: If ants love sugar, and bees make honey, ...
25493 ELI5 What is it about grapefruit specifically t...
24478 ELI5: You're not supposed to defrost meats in w...
23577 ELI5: what is a hedge-fund?
21305 ELI5: Why can't we recycle plastic in the same ...
21075 ELI5: In ancient times and places where potable...
17571 ELI5: Why can't we just make water by smooshing...
17479 ELI5 why adobe flash is no longer being used? F...
17472 ELI5: Why are voices so unique and distinguisha...
