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OtherELI5: Monthly Current Events Megathread (self.explainlikeimfive)

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TechnologyEli5: How does GPS know your exact location without getting confused by millions of users? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Puzzleheaded_Bit_802

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BiologyELI5: Why Does the Body Continue to Store Fat to the Point of Unhealthiness? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Crispy982

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BiologyELI5: How is it that chicken lays unfertile eggs? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by got-a-friend-in-me

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TechnologyELI5: How are tiny memory cards with massive storage made? And why are they not insanely expensive? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Commercial_Middle182

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BiologyELI5 Why do only some dogs react to content on TV and other screens? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Beebonh

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EngineeringELI5 Why do some space rockets use a multitude of small nozzles vs one or few large nozzles? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by TheEpicCereal

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BiologyELI5 why do antivirals for the flu continue to work when the flu virus evolves so quickly? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Zookeeper_west

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BiologyELI5 why are wounds itchy when they are healing? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by brownnoisedaily

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PhysicsELI5 the Holographic Principle (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by procrastinatrix-mum

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BiologyELI5: How does burning fat actually work? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Temporary_Writing_92

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Planetary ScienceELI5: What happens to the extra 6 hours in a year (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Electrishity

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TechnologyELI5: what does it mean "Tokens" (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Sbaakhir

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OtherELI5: when we are low, why does it feel better to watch a sad film instead of a happy one? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by androweeda

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TechnologyELI5: What does an Electronic Communications Technician do? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Safe-Goat8127

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BiologyELI5: Why do cuts and scrapes heal on their own but damaged cartilage basically never does? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by alexstrehlke

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OtherELI5: p-value and null hypothesis, extreme results, statistical significance, etc etc (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by womanweed

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TechnologyELI5: what is a hypervisor crack and why is it bad/worse than other methods? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Kingplayer_Br

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BiologyELI5. If deodorant says it last for 72 hours, why do you need to apply it everyday? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by BoukenGreen

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OtherELI5: Why are salt flats littered with polygons? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Halvesofhell

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BiologyELI5: why is the muscle for chewing not really growing, even tho we chew every day? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by iSemi

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ChemistryELI5: How does the Bohr model represent electron 'clouds' in real atoms? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by GK999bharata_1947

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TechnologyELI5: How is quantum computing technology being used now or will be in the future? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Environmental-Ask605

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BiologyELI5 Why does the brain sometimes “freeze” during an exam even when you know the material perfectly, but the answers come back the second you walk out of the room? (self.explainlikeimfive)

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TechnologyELI5 what exactly is Marianas Web? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Traditional_Blood799

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