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Eli5 dying in your sleep

Submitted by Twilton26 t3_z8mys6 on November 30, 2022 at 9:23 AM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 - Why are the L & G in LGBTQ+ separate? Aren’t they the same thing?

Submitted by FinFinMcVin t3_z8a2yg on November 29, 2022 at 11:35 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What is the difference between an atomic bomb and an "H" bomb?

Submitted by astarredbard t3_z7e13n on November 29, 2022 at 12:32 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why do illnesses kill people

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z90nms on November 30, 2022 at 7:28 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: how does fresh water ice forms out of sea water( salty), shouldn't it make salty ice? Does water "purifys" itself during phase conversation or what?

Submitted by UniqueCold3812 t3_z6lkjt on November 28, 2022 at 3:32 AM in explainlikeimfive

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eli5: Why is it when scientists are looking for planets with possible alien species they only look at planets that could sustain human life?

Submitted by Jcole_Stan t3_z67mot on November 27, 2022 at 5:51 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Entropy of the Universe

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z5ldli on November 26, 2022 at 11:33 PM in explainlikeimfive

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eli5: How do veins and arteries work? What's the difference?

Submitted by Enzoid23 t3_z5qd22 on November 27, 2022 at 3:30 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How does power (state) work??

Submitted by UnknownMight t3_z95qtl on November 30, 2022 at 10:37 PM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 “What would happen if the vacuum of space was removed and we could hear the sound of space?”

Submitted by jay-savageII t3_z8vgb2 on November 30, 2022 at 4:12 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why do 26°C (78°F) feel colder in the water than 26°C (78°F) air temperature?

Submitted by GrooveBeatz t3_z8tykx on November 30, 2022 at 3:12 PM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5: Why does rabies have such a high mortality rate,

Submitted by MrReedleDeedle t3_z59fx2 on November 26, 2022 at 2:58 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How does Insulin Resistance work and why does it effect day to day life and/or weightloss???

Submitted by TrigonSpawn t3_z8xaxk on November 30, 2022 at 5:25 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Can I charge whatever I want for a product or are there laws against that?

Submitted by Zondartul t3_z6vism on November 28, 2022 at 12:39 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What is the difference between classes, constructors, structs and methods in C#

Submitted by Sure-Ad-5053 t3_z1wxoe on November 22, 2022 at 3:48 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why do we need to turn off our phones in the airplane?

Submitted by Pred1949 t3_z94iiy on November 30, 2022 at 9:52 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Would the sound of a spaceship leaving Earth slowly disappear to the people inside of it?

Submitted by 4thesuns t3_z841z9 on November 29, 2022 at 7:50 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 why can't you just plug in electric cars / why do you need a wall charger when it could just be built in

Submitted by definetlynotaalien t3_z92sg0 on November 30, 2022 at 8:49 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 why do onions burn your eyes when cutting them?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z95v85 on November 30, 2022 at 10:42 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why are things like nest building or beaver dams not considered “tool use” when looking at animal intelligence?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z772nc on November 28, 2022 at 8:14 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 how does grading on a curve work?

Submitted by mysteriouslime t3_z4gpi8 on November 25, 2022 at 3:55 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 Why can't certain organs such as the pancreas or brain be transplanted? (what other organs cannot be transplanted?)

Submitted by is_this_a_god_dam t3_yku2rg on November 3, 2022 at 6:15 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: I see so many videos of ballerinas breaking in their shoes (cutting soles, removing nails, adding threads, etc) in what seems like quite a lengthy process - why haven’t manufacturers adapted/ or altered their shoes? Would this make a difference?

Submitted by ohhell000 t3_ymkt1a on November 5, 2022 at 5:07 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How is the US lottery able to get so high in a recessive economy?

Submitted by oaktree46 t3_ypnob3 on November 8, 2022 at 2:22 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Mass explanation: I’ve always been told that mass was not the same as weight, and that grams are the metric unit of mass. But grams are a measurement of weight, so am I stupid, was it was explained to me wrong, or is science just not make sense?

Submitted by Free_Fox_7406 t3_yrpq5w on November 10, 2022 at 7:45 PM in explainlikeimfive

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