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

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2025, March

ELI5 Do muscles really get “Knots” and if so wh...

6858 ELI5 Do muscles really get “Knots” and if so wh...

ELI5 why do cats follow us to the bathroom

4980 ELI5 why do cats follow us to the bathroom

ELI5: What exactly do people mean when they say...

4038 ELI5: What exactly do people mean when they say...

ELI5: How Did Native Americans Survive Harsh Wi...

3902 ELI5: How Did Native Americans Survive Harsh Wi...

ELI5: How does our brain get stimulated from po...

2807 ELI5: How does our brain get stimulated from po...

ELI5: If the demand for GPUs is so high and not...

2770 ELI5: If the demand for GPUs is so high and not...

ELI5: How does meat stored in cans/packets not ...

2550 ELI5: How does meat stored in cans/packets not ...

ELI5: If the moons mass is 1.2% of the earths m...

2535 ELI5: If the moons mass is 1.2% of the earths m...

ELI5: How do massive bombs get buried and remai...

1990 ELI5: How do massive bombs get buried and remai...

ELI5: How can eggs have such a pungent, identif...

1851 ELI5: How can eggs have such a pungent, identif...

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...