/r/explainlikeimfive - top ten submissions for each month of 2025
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explainlikeimfive 2024
2025, October
4077 ELI5: Why does armpit sweat smell so much stron...
3779 ELI5: What actually happens when someone dies i...
3324 ELI5: Why can't / don't LLMs say "I don't know"...
1649 ELI5: If Jellyfish aren’t conscious due to havi...
1536 ELI5: why does the US have so many Generals?
1380 ELI5: How come we can transplant something as c...
1286 ELI5 if we know the chemical formula of oil and...
1256 ELI5: How do governments simultaneously keep tr...
1218 ELI5 why is Tuna fish cheap and expensive at th...
1089 ELI5: Could you create a mirror with noticable ...
2025, September
4289 ELI5 how is masking for autistic people differe...
2871 ELI5 Why did audio jack never change through th...
2857 ELi5 - How do my bank / card companies know whe...
2051 ELI5: why do athletes specifically eat bananas ...
1995 ELI5: How do TSA/customs agents open our luggag...
1990 ELI5: Why do we crave certain foods? Can our bo...
1544 Eli5 Why don’t we just drill really deep holes ...
1444 ELI5: why is Saffron so expensive in the modern...
1344 ELI5: Why is a LOT of water blue, when a little...
1330 ELI5: Why did bombers drop their bombs all at o...
2025, August
2988 ELI5: High divers dive into water from over 50m...
2774 ELI5: If skin constantly sheds then why don't m...
2457 ELI5: How can unemployment in the US be conside...
2198 ELI5: why can we freeze embryos but not adults?
2002 ELI5: Why don't animals seem to need to warm up...
1869 ELI5 I just don’t understand how a speaker can ...
1857 ELI5 Why can’t we resuscitate a decapitated hum...
1615 ELI5: Why doesn’t a nuclear bomb just blow up i...
1287 ELI5: Why is restaurants dishwashers so fast vs...
1148 ELI5: Is diplomatic immunity really the Get Ou...
2025, July
9151 ELI5: Why are poor people warned to avoid loans...
5438 ELI5: How does a bomber plane not get caught in...
5360 ELI5: Why can humans run 5km a day but racehors...
4081 ELI5 why a second is defined as 197 billion osc...
3515 ELI5: Why do so many websites care that you're ...
2107 ELI5: How has mold not taken over absolutely ev...
2090 ELI5: What does it mean when a large language m...
2022 ELI5 When a Game is loading what is it actually...
1906 ELI5 - How does file compression work? If it ma...
1870 ELI5: What makes a Montessori school different ...
2025, June
6275 ELI5 - What makes an ADHD brain process the wor...
5539 ELI5: why aren't most wounds between your butto...
4041 ELI5: H-bombs can reach 300 million Kelvin duri...
3677 ELI5 why men go bald but women typically don't....
3157 ELI5: Why do we do root canals instead of just ...
3000 ELI5: Why do IV fluids need to include salt (sa...
2827 ELI5: What exactly, in water, can sharks "smell...
2205 ELI5: Why do we wake up just before our alarm s...
2013 ELI5: When we work out muscles, they get strong...
1965 ELI5: Why do alot of computer headphones use US...
2025, May
45395 ELI5: It's with a heavy heart that we have an ...
7401 ELI5 Why do waiters leave with your payment card?
5887 ELI5: Why is it good for your cardiovascular he...
3958 ELI5: Can beer hydrate you indefinitely?
2988 ELI5: how does Voyager 1 and 2 still transmit d...
2531 ELI5 - what does it mean to have a 30% chance o...
1735 ELI5 When hand sanitizer says it kills 99% of b...
1543 ELI5 Why don't we call the same number "billion...
1425 ELI5 Are zero-sugar products actually better fo...
1321 ELI5, why does the urge to pee get worse the cl...
2025, April
3795 ELI5: Why do animals all seem to like getting t...
3272 eli5: Why do elderly people have a distinct odor?
2750 ELI5 How is it possible to be falling asleep on...
2051 ELI5: If Bluetooth is just radio waves, why can...
1808 ELI5 - How does a videogame get "abandoned", or...
1755 ELI5: How do scientists cool down temperature t...
1540 ELI5: How do singers in black-metal bands like...
1341 ELI5: How do my fingerprints stay the same, eve...
880 ELI5: So what's really stopping us from growing...
864 ELi5. What does it mean to have a "fast metabol...
2025, March
6858 ELI5 Do muscles really get “Knots” and if so wh...
4980 ELI5 why do cats follow us to the bathroom
4038 ELI5: What exactly do people mean when they say...
3902 ELI5: How Did Native Americans Survive Harsh Wi...
2807 ELI5: How does our brain get stimulated from po...
2770 ELI5: If the demand for GPUs is so high and not...
2550 ELI5: How does meat stored in cans/packets not ...
2535 ELI5: If the moons mass is 1.2% of the earths m...
1990 ELI5: How do massive bombs get buried and remai...
1851 ELI5: How can eggs have such a pungent, identif...
2025, February
6172 ELI5: Why do barber shops have that red and blu...
4052 ELI5: since the tongue is a muscle. Why doesn’t...
3754 ELI5: How do incarcerated people get jacked if ...
3189 ELI5: If you already own your home and don’t pl...
3150 ELI5: why are we ok to leave cookies and candy ...
2840 ELI5: Why don’t doctors and staff in hospitals ...
2673 ELI5: Can someone explain nautical mile? What's...
2430 ELI5: Why was Catch-Up Sleep discovered just re...
2245 Eli5: What is ear wax made from? How is it made?
2123 ELI5: Why do SSDs get slower when they're almos...
2025, January
6212 ELI5: Why did manual transmission cars become s...
5745 ELI5: Why can’t California take water from the ...
5042 ELI5: Why do auctioneers need to speak the way ...
4304 ELI5 Explain why do balls have that stitch line?
4127 ELI5: Why does sitting on a flight for 8 hours ...
3484 ELI5: Why do financial institutions say "basis ...
2656 ELI5: when they ban a fan from a stadium how w...
2203 ELI5: How did people of the medieval ages keep ...
1933 ELI5: When attorneys on shows like Law & O...
1882 ELI5 why oxygen becomes toxic below 40m when sc...
