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eli5: what does canon mean when it comes to movies and shows?

Submitted by Sufficient-Tea-4845 t3_10ldchm on January 25, 2023 at 11:35 PM

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ELI5: How do finger and toe nails stay attached?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_10lf168 on January 26, 2023 at 12:51 AM

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eli5: How do movies handle dubbing a scene where a character speaks a foreign language if they are dubbing the movie in that language.

Submitted by Worth_Replacement398 t3_10mse14 on January 27, 2023 at 6:40 PM

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ELI5:Why is barbary slave trade never talked about in mainstream history?

Submitted by yolofreeway t3_10onjy7 on January 30, 2023 at 12:27 AM

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ELI5: Why do we never lose certain skills we have learned, even if we haven’t practiced them for a long time. like for example riding a bicycle, and we lose some, like a new language we learned 10 years ago but can’t remember anything about it now?

Submitted by enemyn1 t3_zztybo on December 31, 2022 at 1:18 PM

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ELI5: why does australia include sales tax in the marked price but canada/america doesn’t?

Submitted by Smart_Bookkeeper_550 t3_zz77vl on December 30, 2022 at 6:09 PM

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ELI5: why is animal protein better at building muscle than vegetables/plants?

Submitted by Slommyhouse t3_zy5hd0 on December 29, 2022 at 1:31 PM

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Eli5: why do things like birds mammals and reptiles only have a max of 4 legs while all the little bugs and stuff have heaps wouldn’t more limbs be better for larger animals

Submitted by the_real_cheeto27895 t3_zxoouj on December 28, 2022 at 11:29 PM

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ELI5: why are most suburban houses in the US built with wood, instead of bricks and mortar?

Submitted by Maygodstfu t3_zwmzmk on December 27, 2022 at 6:55 PM

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ELI5: Why does the brain scare itself with nightmares?

Submitted by nobodycares_dude t3_zw6ncj on December 27, 2022 at 4:32 AM

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ELI5: What happens in the minds/bodies of men after orgasm, that we can go from thinking about the kinkiest, “dirtiest” sexual acts/situations, to about 60-90 seconds after when most want nothing to do with those thoughts?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_zvay21 on December 26, 2022 at 12:43 AM

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ELI5: Why is 2160p video called 4K?

Submitted by 42alj t3_zv5zoa on December 25, 2022 at 8:31 PM

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ELI5: Is there anything stopping one of the United States of America to “de-unite” and become an independent entity?

Submitted by BioFrosted t3_zqv3d6 on December 20, 2022 at 6:03 PM

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ELI5: Why have it taken so long to prosecute former Nazi's, that we still see cases popping up today?

Submitted by Aqueilas t3_zqt1h1 on December 20, 2022 at 4:40 PM

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eli5 Why do US cops not aim for the legs when getting charged by someone with a knife instead of magdumping a corpse?

Submitted by DoseCT t3_zpswy3 on December 19, 2022 at 2:22 PM

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Eli5 why is aluminium not used as a material until relatively recently whilst others metals like gold, iron, bronze, tin are found throughout human history?

Submitted by PrestigeZyra t3_zoxad3 on December 18, 2022 at 12:13 PM

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ELI5: What does a "Mary Sue" mean in literature?

Submitted by justakidtrying2 t3_zoi0ft on December 17, 2022 at 10:21 PM

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ELI5: Why aren't exterior house doors designed to swing outwards, so that the jamb stop prevents it from being kicked in?

Submitted by QuarterNoteBandit t3_znzima on December 17, 2022 at 5:56 AM

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eli5 what is disassociating? Tried looking online but I don’t understand.

Submitted by Antique-Philosophy-8 t3_zlrib3 on December 14, 2022 at 1:52 PM

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ELI5: Why did crypto (in general) plummet in the past year?

Submitted by FxckedUpReality t3_zecnck on December 6, 2022 at 5:32 PM

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ELI5: How does stealth work?

Submitted by j15236 t3_ze6zb9 on December 6, 2022 at 1:35 PM

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ELI5: Why do hangovers get worse the older you get?

Submitted by Powerful-Employer-20 t3_zbgnkg on December 3, 2022 at 1:45 PM

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ELI5: How did Konami lose the source code for the original Silent Hill game? Why couldn't they just datamine the source code from the retail copies of the game?

Submitted by Icy_Kaleidoscope_687 t3_zb2au7 on December 3, 2022 at 12:04 AM

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ELI5: What is causing the cascade of flight delays and cancellations across the US?