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ELI5: How Does A Computer Convert A Decimal To Binary

Submitted by R0oty t3_10ovaci on January 30, 2023 at 6:51 AM

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ELI5: How does a single speaker produce multiple, simultaneous frequencies?

Submitted by awwfuckme t3_10inngf on January 22, 2023 at 4:32 PM

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[ELI5] If someone says they have a friend or are attracted to someone of the race people are accusing them to be racist to, how does it still make them racist?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_10i0xby on January 21, 2023 at 8:34 PM

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ELI5: how did my bottle of milk explode?

Submitted by SpermWhaleGodKing t3_10n9la0 on January 28, 2023 at 7:51 AM

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ELI5: when a stock is recently listed on an exchange. who is exactly selling their shares?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_10qbwu4 on January 31, 2023 at 10:02 PM

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ELI5: Home Field Advantage

Submitted by frycookchampion t3_10nyv1v on January 29, 2023 at 4:29 AM

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Eli5: How do we measure whether the US dollar is rising or falling?

Submitted by SoshiLuver t3_10jgt50 on January 23, 2023 at 4:39 PM

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ELI5: How does a beer bottle top stop the gas in the bottle from escaping enough for it to remain fizzy for extremely long times?

Submitted by trumps_baggy_gloves t3_10ntd6y on January 28, 2023 at 11:52 PM

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Eli5: What is muscle memory, and how does it work?

Submitted by crupee t3_10oshwx on January 30, 2023 at 4:19 AM

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Eli5: why do only some actors get the prefix “with” in a movie.

Submitted by exmxn t3_100p6is on January 1, 2023 at 6:01 PM

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eli5 With billions and billions of people over time, how can fingerprints be unique to each person. With the small amount of space, wouldn’t they eventually have to repeat the pattern?

Submitted by lsarge442 t3_101j9cq on January 2, 2023 at 6:10 PM

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ELI5: why do bodybuilders always have those weird curled up veins on their biceps?

Submitted by mojmemejebest t3_105ng5m on January 7, 2023 at 12:00 PM

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ELI5: How can social security be "cut" if I'm paying into the system? If I end up getting less than my parents, does that effectively make social security an extra tax?

Submitted by InTheInterestOfTime t3_107rb4a on January 9, 2023 at 9:54 PM

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Eli5: how can submarines be powered by fuel such as diesel if it requires a constant and very large supply of oxygen?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_10ave8y on January 13, 2023 at 2:07 PM

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ELI5: Can you give me an understandable example of money laundering? So say it’s a storefront that sells food but is actually money laundering. How does that work?

Submitted by Ok-Theme429 t3_10edlig on January 17, 2023 at 2:28 PM

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ELI5: How do French words like “cul-de-sac” and “hors d'oeuvres“ end up part of the English language without being translated to English words?

Submitted by fergi20020 t3_10g65h1 on January 19, 2023 at 4:32 PM

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ELI5: Why were female nipples banned in the first place? Why do people today still find them so offensive?

Submitted by GoAwayGreene t3_10hinll on January 21, 2023 at 4:30 AM

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ELI5: If I type a wrong password more than three times, I get locked out of the app. How come hackers can try thousands of different passwords and still get in?

Submitted by itsbankheadkali t3_10j26l7 on January 23, 2023 at 3:06 AM

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Eli5: what is the difference between a generic drug to the original drug, and why do some doctors will swear by the original drug?

Submitted by ultraman71 t3_10j4l85 on January 23, 2023 at 5:13 AM

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ELI5: Why do we have to surrender all the water before entering the airport even if we prove that is in fact a drinking water by taking a sip?

Submitted by OliviaJLove t3_10lcdtd on January 25, 2023 at 10:55 PM

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eli5 what do people mean when they say billionaires dont get taxed

Submitted by mangoeswhee t3_10ltdhw on January 26, 2023 at 2:43 PM

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ELI5: Why does it matter how many decimals PI has?

Submitted by Pangolindrome t3_10ncsu4 on January 28, 2023 at 11:16 AM

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ELI5: With all of the technological advances lately, couldn't a catalytic converter be designed with cheaper materials that aren't worth stealing?

Submitted by i_am_zombie_76 t3_10p602d on January 30, 2023 at 3:44 PM

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ELI5: In a developing fetus, what influences whether it is going to become male or female? What influences the cells to start building male or female organs?