/r/explainlikeimfive - top ten submissions for each month of 2025

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2025, February

ELI5: Why do barber shops have that red and blu...

6172 ELI5: Why do barber shops have that red and blu...

ELI5: since the tongue is a muscle. Why doesn’t...

4052 ELI5: since the tongue is a muscle. Why doesn’t...

ELI5: How do incarcerated people get jacked if ...

3754 ELI5: How do incarcerated people get jacked if ...

ELI5: If you already own your home and don’t pl...

3189 ELI5: If you already own your home and don’t pl...

ELI5: why are we ok to leave cookies and candy ...

3150 ELI5: why are we ok to leave cookies and candy ...

ELI5: Why don’t doctors and staff in hospitals ...

2840 ELI5: Why don’t doctors and staff in hospitals ...

ELI5: Can someone explain nautical mile? What's...

2673 ELI5: Can someone explain nautical mile? What's...

ELI5: Why was Catch-Up Sleep discovered just re...

2430 ELI5: Why was Catch-Up Sleep discovered just re...

Eli5: What is ear wax made from? How is it made?

2245 Eli5: What is ear wax made from? How is it made?

ELI5: Why do SSDs get slower when they're almos...

2123 ELI5: Why do SSDs get slower when they're almos...

2025, January

ELI5: Why did manual transmission cars become s...

6212 ELI5: Why did manual transmission cars become s...

ELI5: Why can’t California take water from the ...

5745 ELI5: Why can’t California take water from the ...

ELI5: Why do auctioneers need to speak the way ...

5042 ELI5: Why do auctioneers need to speak the way ...

ELI5 Explain why do balls have that stitch line?

4304 ELI5 Explain why do balls have that stitch line?

ELI5: Why does sitting on a flight for 8 hours ...

4127 ELI5: Why does sitting on a flight for 8 hours ...

ELI5: Why do financial institutions say "basis ...

3484 ELI5: Why do financial institutions say "basis ...

ELI5: when they ban a fan from a stadium how w...

2656 ELI5: when they ban a fan from a stadium how w...

ELI5: How did people of the medieval ages keep ...

2203 ELI5: How did people of the medieval ages keep ...

ELI5: When attorneys on shows like Law & O...

1933 ELI5: When attorneys on shows like Law & O...

ELI5 why oxygen becomes toxic below 40m when sc...

1882 ELI5 why oxygen becomes toxic below 40m when sc...