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ELI5: If you’re traveling at 50mph and get rear-ended by someone traveling 100mph, is it the same as someone at a standstill being rear ended by someone traveling 50mph?

Submitted by funscripted t3_yzgep5 on November 19, 2022 at 4:56 PM

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ELI5: How do scalpers actually get all the tickets faster than the average consumer?

Submitted by PepeSilvia123 t3_yypopd on November 18, 2022 at 5:31 PM

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ELI5: I have seen the hotness of peppers vary greatly between the same species in the same garden, and even on the same plant. How do restaurants and other food preparers manage to get a product with consistent hotness?

Submitted by Byzantium t3_yx59es on November 16, 2022 at 8:31 PM

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ELI5: Are Forensic Pathologists able to know if a person's body was mutilated while they're still alive or if their body was mutilated after their death?

Submitted by Weird_Equivalent_827 t3_ywtnpt on November 16, 2022 at 1:41 PM

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eli5: Why did we go from calling sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?

Submitted by BellyScratchFTW t3_yujhnb on November 14, 2022 at 12:15 AM

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ELI5: What’s the difference between stocks and shares?

Submitted by Bright-Cantaloupe-73 t3_yt71zk on November 12, 2022 at 1:27 PM

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ELI5: How would you explain what borderline personality disorder is to someone who doesn’t have it?

Submitted by mrkooldude77 t3_yrg5cw on November 10, 2022 at 2:11 PM

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ELI5 - why do data breaches cost millions of dollars?

Submitted by droughtmouth t3_yqi4no on November 9, 2022 at 12:51 PM

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ELI5 How do chickens have the spare resources to lay a nutrient rich egg EVERY DAY?

Submitted by FlatCap7 t3_yp9nc5 on November 8, 2022 at 3:17 AM

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ELI5 Why do we need to rake/bag up leaves? Wont they biodegrade on their own?

Submitted by Supberblooper t3_yoq1ev on November 7, 2022 at 3:19 PM

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ELI5: If ADHD is caused by having a lower baseline dopamine level, why is it so hard to diagnose? Can't we just measure dopamine levels?

Submitted by KingKronx t3_yo49r7 on November 6, 2022 at 10:02 PM

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ELI5: what is the “second breath” phenomenon that runners sometimes experience?

Submitted by Dacadey t3_yo19cn on November 6, 2022 at 8:13 PM

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ELI5: why are terrible and horrible basically the same thing but horrific and terrific are basically the opposite

Submitted by weakgutteddog27 t3_yjy90w on November 2, 2022 at 7:10 AM

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ELI5: Why do advertisements need such specific meta data on individuals? If most don’t engage with the ad why would they pay such a high premium for ever more intrusive details?

Submitted by oaktree46 t3_yj91jv on November 1, 2022 at 1:42 PM

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ELI5: Why does it seem to be harder for women to control their bladders?

Submitted by RandomKidIsMe t3_z5nhim on November 27, 2022 at 1:10 AM

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ELI5: Health insurance basics. What are copay and deductibles and can you use them in some basic examples?

Submitted by OvernightSiren t3_z6p7k5 on November 28, 2022 at 6:38 AM

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ELI5: How does machine learning work?

Submitted by Nightmarewasta t3_z8noi0 on November 30, 2022 at 10:05 AM

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ELI5: what is dropshipping and why is it bad?

Submitted by Southern_Heron_9601 t3_z95p81 on November 30, 2022 at 10:35 PM

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ELI5: Why is the number of women who suffer from urinary incontinence twice that of men?

Submitted by magipod t3_z7b1lg on November 28, 2022 at 10:36 PM

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Eli5: Why are horses who break their legs so often euthanized?

Submitted by ZookeepergameWaste94 t3_yheppk on October 30, 2022 at 1:47 PM

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Eli5 why did the Bronze Age happen before the Iron Age?

Submitted by Stephenf1234 t3_ygne7p on October 29, 2022 at 4:03 PM

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ELI5: Why people test cocaine on their gum line?

Submitted by Bobisdeadrun t3_yghunk on October 29, 2022 at 12:01 PM

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ELI5: Why are aircraft carriers worth only $0.01 for scrap?

Submitted by Guitar_t-bone t3_yg2utk on October 28, 2022 at 10:43 PM

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ELI5: If and object heats up due to a lot of movement in the atoms, can you theoretically shake a liquid inside a container so fast it heats up?

Submitted by thisboi1738 t3_yffygy on October 28, 2022 at 6:08 AM

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eli5: Can someone explain the reason why, when writing with a pen and it chokes up and doesn’t write, it still won’t write when you go over the same line again even though it will write just fine off to the margin?

Submitted by millhows t3_yf3v9c on October 27, 2022 at 9:25 PM

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