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ELI5: Why is it that if I want my shower to be warmer, if I turn the cold-water knob to the right (closer to off), the water in the shower gets significantly colder for about 30 seconds, then MUCH colder for about 5 seconds, then super hot? Why would closing the cold water make it colder?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11e4eeu on February 28, 2023 at 12:05 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: (1) = Equal Sign (2) ≡ Equivalence, Identity (3) ↔ Material BiConditional (4) ⇔ Logical BiConditional

Submitted by 3neth t3_11c3fks on February 26, 2023 at 2:50 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why does water have an best by date?

Submitted by notsurewhereinfrom t3_11dat5e on February 27, 2023 at 12:35 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why does the top left part of the Texas border appear straight edged and angled on maps?

Submitted by Moggy-Man t3_11ec1sl on February 28, 2023 at 3:54 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How does using hack in online game different from offline game.

Submitted by kai_long01 t3_11bkfv3 on February 25, 2023 at 12:58 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: what is a Mexican Cartel and what do their victims do?

Submitted by Signal-Algae1338 t3_11be9rg on February 25, 2023 at 6:39 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: help me understand what Banner meant by "changing the past doesn't change the future".

Submitted by Q-Westion t3_11dqb5r on February 27, 2023 at 11:26 PM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 What happens when you “slap” a flame to put it out?

Submitted by YEETAWAYLOL t3_11bo63g on February 25, 2023 at 3:52 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 How did we figure out the order for PEMDAS? Like how do we know that that order is correct?

Submitted by ToodlyGoodness t3_11e7c3n on February 28, 2023 at 2:11 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why do children have so much energy?

Submitted by AbleReporter565 t3_11enlft on February 28, 2023 at 11:30 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 why cancer is a dangerous disease

Submitted by MRJ20043102 t3_11dfkce on February 27, 2023 at 4:11 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 - What would happen if I DIDN'T encapsulate my code?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11btu75 on February 25, 2023 at 7:47 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: why are male to male USB-C cables not dangerous like male to male wall plugs are?

Submitted by KeyStomach0 t3_11el9h4 on February 28, 2023 at 9:57 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why did poor white’s in the South before and after the American Civil War have such a visceral hatred of African-Americans?

Submitted by ScriptGenius12 t3_11d2hz1 on February 27, 2023 at 4:20 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5:Why does Costco restrict memberships to certain people?

Submitted by MikeTorsson t3_11br3hs on February 25, 2023 at 5:53 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why do we push out weird noises when something is funny?

Submitted by PeakKey4068 t3_11e2hk4 on February 28, 2023 at 10:10 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How do cameras exactly work? Why can they see so much clearer and farther than the naked human eye?

Submitted by PapaMamaGoldilocks t3_11di5hl on February 27, 2023 at 5:58 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why is light extremely slow in terms of the size of the universe?

Submitted by AskSouth t3_114tqol on February 17, 2023 at 6:22 PM in explainlikeimfive

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[ELI5] What would be the impact on the economy if the 0.01% gave away their wealth to the masses overnight?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11aylcj on February 24, 2023 at 6:40 PM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 woke up with T-shirt and socks

Submitted by cale_the_whale t3_11ap9tb on February 24, 2023 at 11:32 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 How do banks work?

Submitted by RussianPremier t3_11dykeb on February 28, 2023 at 6:03 AM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5: An adult human body weighing 70 kg contains about 0.2 milligrams of gold inside him. How did that gold got in the humans if no foods have gold and gold is not absorbed during digestion either?

Submitted by Big_carrot_69 t3_11dru3b on February 28, 2023 at 12:32 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 How does an optical prism work? And why?

Submitted by Small_Conference_227 t3_11edhrp on February 28, 2023 at 4:50 PM in explainlikeimfive

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eli5: can someone explain the difference between affect and effect

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11b0xqq on February 24, 2023 at 8:18 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Only the top layer of water freezes in a lake because this layer insulates the rest of the water but the water in a trough in a freezer freezes all the way through. Why?

Submitted by gud_doggo t3_11d3rss on February 27, 2023 at 5:28 AM in explainlikeimfive

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