/r/explainlikeimfive - top ten submissions for each month of 2022
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2022, December
12416 ELI5: Why does Japan still have a declining/low...
11320 eli5 How did humans survive in bitter cold cond...
10559 eli5, why do deer run at the slightest sound or...
9717 ELI5: Why does Japan drive on the left, even th...
8989 ELI5 Why is population replacement so important...
8957 ELI5: Why does water temperature matter when wa...
8871 ELI5: why are most suburban houses in the US bu...
8253 ELI5 - Is time a real, tangible thing, or just ...
8214 ELI5: How can fast food often contain so much s...
8132 ELI5: how did the WASD keys become the norm for...
2022, November
12566 ELI5 Why do we need to rake/bag up leaves? Wont...
12114 ELI5: Why are whole tunas bought for so much wh...
11611 ELI5: why does vaginal discharge bleach black u...
11427 ELI5 How do chickens have the spare resources t...
11337 ELI5: If I do (for example) 10 squats 5 times o...
9998 ELI5 If I send a letter or postcard from the UK...
9897 ELI5: why are terrible and horrible basically t...
9699 ELI5: What exactly happened with Game Stop's st...
9633 Eli5: Why do adults sleep with pillows when bab...
9361 ELI5, Schizophrenic Voices. Are they "legitimat...
2022, October
20870 ELI5 - ADHD brains are said to be constantly se...
14295 ELI5: If Teflon is the ultimate non-stick mater...
13609 ELI5: When surgeons perform a "36 hour operatio...
10241 ELI5 - If gunpowder accelerated bullets can bar...
10235 ELI5: Why do temperature get as high as billion...
9946 ELI5: Why does watching a video at 1.25 speed d...
9612 ELI5: Why are aircraft carriers worth only $0.0...
9122 ELI5: How does diabetes cause a toe or foot to ...
8760 Eli5: why do bands have to use Ticketmaster?
8641 ELI5: How do vitamin tablets get produced? How ...
2022, September
17239 ELI5: How exactly does "turning it off and on a...
13921 ELI5: If you get a cut on your anus it doesn’...
12835 ELI5: Why do most women get their first period ...
12698 ELI5: Why do we put ress at the end of some wor...
11868 ELI5: Why is Einstein's E=MC2 such a big deal t...
9538 ELI5: What's happening when you think there's a...
9460 ELI5: How do ceiling fans collect dust when the...
8562 ELI5 If poppies can grow all over the world, wh...
8285 eli5 why is military aircraft and weapon target...
8042 ELI5: what is calculus and how does it work?
2022, August
21899 ELI5: How did the U.S. rise to a global superpo...
14917 Eli5: why was the US the first to make it to th...
12864 ELI5: Why does 1000 day aged Gouda have a use b...
12842 ELI5 why can babies have water in formula but n...
12354 eli5. How has marijuana gotten so much more pot...
11385 ELI5: Why is standing stationary for a long tim...
10480 ELI5: How did Prohibition get enough support to...
9891 eli5: Why are nautical miles used to measure di...
9627 ELI5: Why is diplomatic immunity even a thing? ...
9553 ELI5 why after over 300 years of dutch rule, co...
2022, July
15308 ELI5: If jobs are "lost" because robots are doi...
12611 ELI5: How do trains not slip when it's raining ...
12541 ELI5: Why is Chernobyl deemed to not be habitab...
12120 ELI5: What is Occam's Razor?
11639 ELI5: Why are the majority of cars able to driv...
10287 ELI5 why is it a problem that it takes so much ...
10168 ELI5:Why do windmills typically have 4 blades, ...
10136 ELI5: Why do ships have the bottom half of thei...
9828 Eli5: What determines if a nationality ends wit...
9337 Eli5 why are lakes with structures at the botto...
2022, June
20886 ELI5: How can the US power grid struggle with A...
15389 ELI5: Why does the US have huge cities in the d...
13077 Eli5: when you buy a web domain who are you act...
12946 ELI5: What's the purpose of the Wingdings font?
12919 ELI5: Why is it that when we first look at a cl...
12628 ELI5 why is white rice cheaper than brown rice ...
12553 ELI5: What is the mechanism that make men stop ...
12549 ELI5: Why do we refer to ourselves as “in the...
11784 ELI5: Why are ad-blocking extensions so easy to...
10285 ELI5 How do we know there are around 7 Billion ...
2022, May
24841 ELI5: Why is it healthy to strain your heart th...
16695 ELI5: Why do British people sound like American...
14736 ELI5 Why are Americans so overweight now compar...
12601 ELI5: How do we know the megalodon is extinct i...
11737 ELI5: When an animation studio like Pixar has m...
11587 ELI5: Why is the rising cost of housing conside...
10184 ELI5: Why does the Geneva Convention forbid med...
7992 Eli5: how did the 2008 make people lose their h...
7967 ELI5 How do worms dig their tunnels if their bo...
7819 ELI5: How did we make plastic that isn't biodeg...
2022, April
27338 ELI5: What did Edward Snowden actually reveal a...
16893 ELI5: Why prices are increasing but never decre...
16669 ELI5: How do “hostile takeovers†work? Is t...
16333 ELI5: What made us settle on cow’s milk and c...
15278 ELI5: Why does the economy require to keep grow...
14228 ElI5 How can restaurants leave ketchup and must...
13601 ELI5: Why do wheelbarrows use only 1 wheel? Wou...
12123 ELI5: why haven’t USB cables replaced every o...
11905 ELI5: Why is home-squeezed orange juice so diff...
11032 ELI5: How can scavenger animals (that feast on ...
2022, March
21686 ELI5: Why are password managers considered good...
18992 ELI5: Can you give me an understandable example...
17507 Eli5: Why is cave diving so dangerous ? To the ...
17262 ELI5- how exactly do ‘bankers’ become the r...
15729 ELI5: Why does the US need to import oil if we ...
13567 ELI5 How do RV dealerships really work? Every d...
13250 ELI5: Why is there no cure for herpes, what is ...
11623 ELI5 Why are condoms only 98% effective?
10799 ELI5 - If humans breathe in oxygen and exhale C...
10579 ELI5: Why is charging an electric car cheaper t...
2022, February
23147 ELI5 : how are we sure that we all see the same...
19814 ELI5: What is the purpose of prison bail? If so...
16995 ELI5: Why do European trucks have their engine ...
16868 ELI5: Why do we put horseshoes on horses? Are w...
15420 ELI5: Why exactly is “Jewish†classified as...
13143 ELI5 do tanks actually have explosives attached...
12652 ELI5: How do people writing biographies recall ...
11464 ELI5: What actually happens when a chiropractor...
10312 ELI5: How did Duck Hunt for Nintendo work?
10300 ELI5 why could earlier console discs (PS1) get ...
2022, January
20880 ELI5: Why is euthanasia often the only option w...
17412 ELI5: Where do STDs come from if you can only g...
14936 ELI5: Why are so many photos of celestial bodie...
14865 ELI5: Why is it that not wearing a seat belt is...
13414 ELI5 How come bananas are harvested in Ecuador,...
12612 ELI5: Why does the campfire smoke keep followin...
12225 Eli5: what are those little black dots that sur...
11786 ELI5: Isnt everything in earth 4 billion years ...
11271 ELI5: When so many homeowners struggle with thi...
11152 ELI5: Why is that cars don't get significantly ...
