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2023, December
5201 ELI5 how have TI-83 calculators cost $100 for 2...
4842 ELI5: Why does running feel so exhausting if it...
4677 ELI5: What is the body's function of an allergy...
4402 Eli5 why is there not an over abundance of seco...
4248 Eli5: why do planes never have enough room for ...
3455 ELI5: Why aren’t our bodies adapting to our mor...
3260 ELI5: How does money get into the accounts of s...
3059 Eli5 How do we keep up with oil demand around t...
2918 ELI5 why you never hear about the human heart g...
2872 [eli5] Trying to explain to my nephew why the a...
2023, November
9823 ELI5: Why is there no incredibly cheap bare bas...
7153 Eli5: they discovered ptsd or “shell shockâ€...
5339 ELI5 Is there a reason we almost never hear of ...
5266 ELI5 Why are revolvers still used today if pist...
4778 ELI5: Why did humans get stuck with periods whi...
4679 eli5 Why is it taking so long for a male contra...
4380 ELI5: my 5 year old has a book that says that D...
4015 ELI5: Why did we give up on hydrogen powered ca...
3950 ELI5: Why do banks use armored vehicles to tran...
3544 Eli5: How can races start with rows of cars, ye...
2023, October
6472 ELI5: Dinosaurs were around for 150m years. Why...
5147 ELI5: What happens if no one turns on airplane ...
5030 ELI5: Kiddo wants to know, since numbers are in...
5018 ELI5: If the top 10% of Americans own 80% of th...
4751 ELI5:Why can't Places with Volcanoes, just thro...
4295 Eli5: My kid wants to know why stones don’t b...
3789 ELI5: why can’t the NFL just put a little tra...
3770 ELI5 Why do they say "brace for impact" when a ...
3557 ELI5 Why some navies use blue camouflage unifor...
3217 ELI5: How is it possible that Japan has a 99% c...
2023, September
5380 ELI5: Why can bands play for hours often utiliz...
4621 Eli5: Why can't you just double your losses eve...
4297 ELI5: Why are shoes made so narrow to the point...
3775 Eli5 So we need calories to survive. If there a...
3731 ELI5: What do people mean when they say that a ...
3709 ELI5 How does the Cartel make so much money whe...
3646 ELI5: After watching The Wolf Of Wall Street I ...
3421 ELI5 - why is 0.999... equal to 1?
3176 ELI5: How did cold drinks become popular? Did p...
3164 ELI5: How did tip culture start in the US? Why ...
2023, August
9857 ELI5: Why did the economy change that we need 2...
7370 ELI5 why is it so impressive that India landed ...
5459 ELI5: How do we actually know what the time is?...
5329 ELI5 How is it that the moon can affect the 352...
5009 ELI5: Why aren't there mountains that are 10 or...
4682 ELI5: How are astronauts on the ISS so confiden...
4640 Eli5 how did fossil fuels damn the world? I lea...
4613 Eli5: why are 11 and 12 called eleven ant twelv...
4610 ELI5: Why is there so much Oil in the Middle East?
4419 ELI5: If inflation is continuous year-on-year, ...
2023, July
9608 ELI5 If a regular weight person and an obese pe...
9387 ELI5:What has changed in the last 20-30 years s...
9122 ELI5: How does pegging work?
8534 ELI5: How does your body burn 2000 calories a d...
7588 Eli5 : What is Autism?
7248 ELI5 I'm having hard time getting my head aroun...
5879 ELI5 what do pharmacist do anyway? Every time I...
5365 ELI5 Why do we have 4 ‘rock’ planets in a r...
5291 ELI5 When chefs sharpen a knife before cutting ...
5153 eli5: why cant men keep going after they ejacul...
2023, June
10311 ELI5: How does, at the point right after male o...
7877 ELI5: How does Whatsapp make money if it's free...
7672 ELI5: why is a password that uses numbers and l...
6239 ELI5: How did Great Britain have so much power ...
6036 ELI5: Why do computers get so enragingly slow a...
5622 ELI5: Why do we have inflation at all?
4645 Eli5: Why is it that your gums bleed when you b...
4526 ELI5 if a bug is flying around your car while y...
4268 ELI5 - How could a Canadian P3 aircraft, while ...
4226 Eli5 how Adderall works
2023, May
13951 ELI5 : How's it that just 400 cables under the ...
11616 ELI5: Why are many cars' screens slow and laggy...
8928 ELI5: Why can you sign up for an email list ins...
8724 Eli5: How do apes like chimps and gorillas have...
8627 ELI5: Why is duck meat red meat and can be cons...
8617 ELI5: Where does the “mass†come from when ...
7193 eli5: If space is a vacuum, how can rockets wor...
6903 ELI5: Why do credit scores go from 300 to 850? ...
6705 ELI5: If the placebo effect works by tricking t...
6658 ELI5: How do people actually die from Alzheimer...
2023, April
15992 ELI5: If humans have been in our current form f...
14828 ELI5: Why flathead screws haven't been complete...
10516 ELI5: How can Ethernet cables that have been ar...
9738 ELI5: Why do some animals, like sharks and croc...
9041 ELI5: Why do some women die when giving birth? ...
8488 ELI5: How are countries like Norway and Switzer...
7556 ELI5 why there is nothing like a "verified chec...
7328 ELI5: is there a scientific reason not to showe...
7313 ELI5: Why does spicy food burn the anus but not...
7102 ELI5 Why is bypassing the PIN on a debit card s...
2023, March
18505 eli5: How does siri hear me say “hey siri†...
12328 ELI5: When a company gets bailed out with taxpa...
10300 Eli5: how have supply chains not recovered over...
9636 ELI5: Why does it hurt your ears and make that ...
9191 ELI5: where is the ringing noise coming from wi...
8370 ELI5:How are scientists certain that Megalodon ...
7142 ELI5 - Why do spacecraft/rovers always seem to ...
6814 ELI5 how does life insurance make sense, like h...
6064 ELI5: What's in energy drinks that provides the...
6056 ELI5: Why is the Slippery Slope Fallacy conside...
2023, February
18716 ELI5 How come teeth need so much maintenance? T...
12304 ELI5: if crab fishing is so dangerous (think De...
11057 ELI5: How is GPS free?
10806 ELI5 how the rank “colonel†is pronounced â...
10184 ELI5: What is keeping us from anchoring a cable...
8794 ELI5: why are football matches "at home" or as ...
7812 ELI5:Why do scams trojan horses ect always use ...
7804 eli5: why does scratching eczema (or similarly ...
7798 ELI5: Why were the Irish so dependent on potato...
7554 Eli5 (and a German) the problem with black facing.
2023, January
16788 Eli5 - If digestion takes ~36hours from mouth t...
14165 ELI5: How do French words like “cul-de-sacâ€...
11659 eli5 what do people mean when they say billiona...
10625 eli5 Why are glass bottles not used more for so...
10469 ELI5: Why do so many people now have trouble ea...
10439 eli5 what was the point of the skull and bones ...
9413 ELI5: How do we know that the Great Pyramids we...
8757 ELI5 My flight just announced that it will be p...
8747 ELI5: How can North Korean have top talented ha...
7875 ELI5: Why do sometimes some random part of our ...
