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ELI5: What's with all the headlines about J.K. Rowling and her thoughts on trans people?

Submitted by Chief_B33f t3_11drw81 on February 28, 2023 at 12:34 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why are clothes considered essential for survival?

Submitted by acerthorn3 t3_11doksm on February 27, 2023 at 10:14 PM in explainlikeimfive

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[ELI5] What is the difference between all these networking hardware: router, switch, bridge, modem, transceiver, etc?

Submitted by oraanglewaat t3_118ovje on February 22, 2023 at 4:29 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why do Developers publish their code on Github to the public when “giving it away” could hurt their ability to monetize their creations?

Submitted by AndreLinoge55 t3_11bvhxm on February 25, 2023 at 8:55 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: In math - when we say the probability of something occurring over “infinite” time is 1, does that not completely ignore intervening events that cause the probability to be 0.

Submitted by Mikiemax80 t3_11ensc8 on February 28, 2023 at 11:38 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How does, "off the record" work with journalists?

Submitted by LineChatter t3_11axk3k on February 24, 2023 at 5:57 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 how pounds can be converted to kg

Submitted by cheeseunused t3_11djvlc on February 27, 2023 at 7:06 PM in explainlikeimfive

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eli5: What are the odds in 2023 that California “falls into the ocean” due to a massive earthquake (or anything else for that matter)…?

Submitted by jennyjuice9799 t3_117yzqi on February 21, 2023 at 9:02 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 why is jury duty a requirement?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11dh5hy on February 27, 2023 at 5:16 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: why do insurance rates go up?

Submitted by Upper_Fig3303 t3_11ei8ui on February 28, 2023 at 8:00 PM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 why do stairwells need to be have two flights in a spiral to go up one floor when escalators can just use the one flight going straight up for the same distance?

Submitted by exmxn t3_11e5usz on February 28, 2023 at 1:18 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 What's "the hole" like in prison?

Submitted by Runin28 t3_11emhs7 on February 28, 2023 at 10:46 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What's hard about copying photosynthesis or just using plants for power

Submitted by No_Dust_5360 t3_11e5d53 on February 28, 2023 at 12:55 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 why are we told to brush our teeth in the morning and at night when nothing really happens during our sleep and we have to brush again in the morning anyway

Submitted by SlimeLanguageYSL t3_10qodfs on February 1, 2023 at 8:26 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 What prevents other animals/species from evolving and developing cognitively the same way humans have?

Submitted by is_this_a_god_dam t3_10qz9s1 on February 1, 2023 at 4:42 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What prevents scientists from being able model what was before the Big Bang?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_10rhv8j on February 2, 2023 at 5:28 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why do people say that its dangerous to pump gas while your vehicle is running?

Submitted by MyIdentityIsStolen t3_10rxqzc on February 2, 2023 at 7:01 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why do all the buildings just fall over in these post-apocalyptic shows? How long would it take for a modern building to fall down with no humans around?

Submitted by sms575 t3_10s7izn on February 3, 2023 at 1:41 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What does caffeine do to your heart? Why are energy drinks “so bad” for you?

Submitted by samkruck t3_10s9363 on February 3, 2023 at 2:54 AM in explainlikeimfive

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eli5 - If we can track thousands of 10cm objects in earth orbit, how does a Chinese spy baloon end up over Montana and not shot down in the Pacific?

Submitted by Anon-Stoon t3_10sgn8q on February 3, 2023 at 9:56 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why did humans decide to settle down in very harsh environments like Siberia or the Saharan Desert, why not live in places more moderate and more accepting to life and civilization?

Submitted by DreadMCYT t3_10uw8uh on February 6, 2023 at 3:22 AM in explainlikeimfive

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eli5 What exactly is Halal Meat?

Submitted by Thebakingwriter t3_10ve49u on February 6, 2023 at 6:31 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What’s the difference between the United States Marines and the United States Army?

Submitted by SpookySeazn t3_10vm3ee on February 6, 2023 at 11:43 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why did saloons have these swinging doors? (Is it even accurate they had these?) It looks very impractical as the dust from outside would constantly be blown in by the wind

Submitted by MediumBullfrog1273 t3_10vv38x on February 7, 2023 at 6:42 AM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5: why is 0.9 recurring the equivalent of 1?

Submitted by Frogchamp_lll t3_10xops7 on February 9, 2023 at 7:32 AM in explainlikeimfive

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