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ELI5: Why are divorce proceedings so complicated?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zxylnj on December 29, 2022 at 6:57 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Is it theoretically possible to find new chemical elements?

Submitted by wansifu2 t3_zy8f3y on December 29, 2022 at 3:44 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why you shouldn't borrow from loan sharks

Submitted by Cold_Chemical5151 t3_zycfxg on December 29, 2022 at 6:29 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What happens with an education system that makes people Capitalize Every Word In The Sentence? Is that some kind of an oversight, or it's just typical for people who speak English as their L2?

Submitted by shejesa t3_zzpsjn on December 31, 2022 at 8:56 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 Who is Andrew Tate, what did he do and why does everyone hate him?

Submitted by ikingrpg t3_zyio32 on December 29, 2022 at 10:31 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How do loans and credit cards work

Submitted by idkmybffdee t3_zz9hja on December 30, 2022 at 7:42 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELi5: who was Karl Marx and what were his theories?

Submitted by Foddor088outside t3_zyzsul on December 30, 2022 at 12:51 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 How do phones work?

Submitted by WatermelonJuice18 t3_zvgzf9 on December 26, 2022 at 6:32 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: If penicillin became the pinnacle antibiotic why are many of us now allergic?

Submitted by stealth941 t3_zzypnr on December 31, 2022 at 5:11 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What does deleting emails do?

Submitted by Significant_Two_4926 t3_zy8gta on December 29, 2022 at 3:46 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 why Americans trust CEO's more than their own Government

Submitted by brandon_beans_ t3_zzabwl on December 30, 2022 at 8:17 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why are power lines above ground, not buried?

Submitted by pb_n_bananaz t3_zvy8o4 on December 26, 2022 at 10:03 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How do different humans like and dislike different food and drinks if we’re all the same biologically?

Submitted by nathanthemidget123 t3_zvshti on December 26, 2022 at 5:50 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Can someone explain to me what missing 411 is?

Submitted by Sansexeee t3_zzz7ft on December 31, 2022 at 5:34 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 what the source of champagne bubbles are?

Submitted by FavelTramous t3_zv77mh on December 25, 2022 at 9:32 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5 Why do asian people smoke so much?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zy4t7a on December 29, 2022 at 12:58 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: What is yellow cake uranium?

Submitted by Any_Potato8193 t3_zxyeit on December 29, 2022 at 6:46 AM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5: How does a product know it's paid for?

Submitted by Pleasant_Broccoli451 t3_zyxipg on December 30, 2022 at 10:41 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: If I "break my back" due to over-flexion (as opposed to sheer impact), what's actually happening? Given the vertebrae are connected by soft tissue, shouldn't that tear before any bones do?

Submitted by Potatopolis t3_zy20ev on December 29, 2022 at 10:20 AM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 what “I could get used to this” means?

Submitted by Missveexox13 t3_zv1zt0 on December 25, 2022 at 5:08 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: If money today is all digital, why can't all the countries governments just go on the computer and add like five more zero's to their account and fix everything? Same principal is 100 years ago too I guess, why not just print more cash?

Submitted by ss89898 t3_zzwrc4 on December 31, 2022 at 3:41 PM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5. Why are humans depicted as having a curved back in the future due to smartphones?

Submitted by Baguette_weeb t3_1000nrl on December 31, 2022 at 6:40 PM in explainlikeimfive

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eli5 why workers who make tips, have to pay back some of their tips a the end of the night?

Submitted by 420goattaog t3_zwznyn on December 28, 2022 at 4:00 AM in explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Cars move without pressing the gas pedal. When you put it into drive why does the car automatically start rolling if your not pressing the gas?

Submitted by xd_Hashtags53 t3_zvv94s on December 26, 2022 at 7:52 PM in explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 why do we as humans, globally, accept to pay a different price for the exact same product just somewhere else on the globe?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_1001ien on December 31, 2022 at 7:21 PM in explainlikeimfive

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