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ELI5 why is it that we can structure a sentence like “I’m in school” but not “I’m in nightclub”?

Submitted by poppyavenue t3_11pjhb7 on March 12, 2023 at 4:58 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 how do pharmacies work? Do they just have every kind of medication at all time? How is a prescription ready within an hour?

Submitted by user5274980754 t3_11pfkmw on March 12, 2023 at 2:17 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5:How are scientists certain that Megalodon is extinct when approximately 95% of the world's oceans remain unexplored?

Submitted by BlackWolfOne t3_11oztez on March 12, 2023 at 12:16 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What are the factors that require TSA to x-ray my laptop out of my backpack, but it doesn’t need me to take my other electronics out?

Submitted by PianoCharged t3_11ok9md on March 11, 2023 at 1:31 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 why do immigrants risk going to England rather than stay in France

Submitted by Drvonfrightmarestein t3_11ofjfx on March 11, 2023 at 9:10 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: if FDIC guarantees $250k, could a person with a million dollars put $250k each in a bunch of different banks and recoup their entire million?

Submitted by upstatestruggler t3_11o3hcg on March 10, 2023 at 10:51 PM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 The Proper Way Of Using "sic".

Submitted by phenomenal-lurker t3_11npbfz on March 10, 2023 at 1:32 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why does it feel warmer to walk barefoot over wooden floors than to walk over ceramic tiles even if both are side-by-side in the same room?

Submitted by Bart-MS t3_11nmzhx on March 10, 2023 at 11:48 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 Why are there almost no words in English containing the letter combination "zh", despite the fact that that the sound is quite common, e.g. "measure"?

Submitted by westo4 t3_11n78zg on March 9, 2023 at 11:14 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How is the US able to send billions of dollars to allies? Where does that money come from?

Submitted by rotanocaB t3_11mx5vm on March 9, 2023 at 4:51 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What's in energy drinks that provides the "kick" that one otherwise doesn't get from coffee, tea, etc?

Submitted by m_t_rv_s__n t3_11mtpik on March 9, 2023 at 2:32 PM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 why there is no good youtube alternative or competition?

Submitted by Murky-Arugula63 t3_11mqxul on March 9, 2023 at 12:28 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why does it hurt your ears and make that "wahwahwahwah" sound when only one window in a car is down and you're moving fast? And why does it disappear instantly when another window is rolled down?

Submitted by CathartiacArrest t3_11m5ucw on March 8, 2023 at 7:38 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 Why is it easy to gain weight, but seemingly so much more difficult to lose it.

Submitted by YoHolmesToBel-Air t3_11lz7g2 on March 8, 2023 at 3:27 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: If I were to sit in a helicopter 100m above ground level for a couple hours, would I end up in a different location due to the rotation of the earth?

Submitted by redditor1233567 t3_11ls44c on March 8, 2023 at 9:45 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How Did The Giant Panda Survive Before Human Intervention?

Submitted by Rayze_Darr t3_11lq2vi on March 8, 2023 at 7:48 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why do large companies with net negative revenues (such as DoorDash and Uber) continue to function year after year even though they are losing money?

Submitted by Love_of_Mango t3_11lkdr6 on March 8, 2023 at 3:04 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why are electrical outlets in industrial settings installed ‘upside-down’ with the ground at the top?

Submitted by ScratchyGoboCode t3_11l5efn on March 7, 2023 at 5:25 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 If sound waves are just tiny air particles vibrating and bumping into each other, how come a gust of wind doesn't just immediately "blow away" the wave or disrupt it completely?

Submitted by charliebas t3_11kkqo7 on March 7, 2023 at 1:20 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why is the Slippery Slope Fallacy considered to be a fallacy, even though we often see examples of it actually happening? Thanks.

Submitted by TheSanityInspector t3_11keds9 on March 6, 2023 at 9:19 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 How did Singapore become an insanely rich country despite having pretty much zero resources that it can exploit?

Submitted by omegaboom123 t3_11k3y8t on March 6, 2023 at 4:46 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 why did the roman empire fall when it had so much domination? they revolutionised so much

Submitted by xxinsane09 t3_11k1a0e on March 6, 2023 at 3:06 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 Why the English were so successful in warfare and colonisation, historically?

Submitted by HobbitCheeks t3_11jugmx on March 6, 2023 at 9:52 AM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 Why do birds have such twitchy movement?

Submitted by Daedalus234 t3_11j7g0a on March 5, 2023 at 6:48 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why aren't car-like 3 point seatbelts used in planes?

Submitted by Nervous-Mongoose-233 t3_11j6311 on March 5, 2023 at 6:14 PM in explainlikeimfive

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