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Eli5 why does pressing my palms against my eyes create a kaleidoscope effect?

Submitted by TheSilkySpoon76 t3_1280hwq on March 31, 2023 at 9:40 PM

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ELI5:Why do we exclude the price of things like Food, Housing and Energy costs when looking at the total number for inflation?

Submitted by DeludedRaven t3_127oz7s on March 31, 2023 at 3:26 PM

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ELI5 The New Shape - The Hat

Submitted by 13artzklauser t3_127fx27 on March 31, 2023 at 9:33 AM

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ELI5 Leasing vs Purchasing

Submitted by SquishyEmerald t3_1278qjt on March 31, 2023 at 3:29 AM

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ELI5 why does stretching feel good?

Submitted by dennyCranne72 t3_127mljq on March 31, 2023 at 2:07 PM

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ELI5: How do we continue to grow seedless fruit if they don't contain seeds?

Submitted by CuriousHuman111 t3_127b7px on March 31, 2023 at 5:26 AM

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ELI5: The seemingly huge increase in Ticketmaster fee's and why there aren't competitors trying to cash in on the public backlash by undercutting them?

Submitted by FIuff t3_127w1h9 on March 31, 2023 at 7:19 PM

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ELI5: "Grain Fed" vs "Grass Fed". Grain is the fruit of grass.

Submitted by JessicaLain t3_127j5tr on March 31, 2023 at 12:08 PM

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eli5 what does an inverter invert?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_127rzdq on March 31, 2023 at 5:06 PM

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eli5 What does “indicted” mean?

Submitted by jcw10489 t3_1277dky on March 31, 2023 at 2:35 AM

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Eli5 what exactly makes fat so delicious?

Submitted by Smite76 t3_127sw3t on March 31, 2023 at 5:36 PM

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ELI5: If universities all teach the same things, how come some universities are perceived to be better than others?

Submitted by Ok-Journalist-8751 t3_127tvuf on March 31, 2023 at 6:08 PM

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Eli5 why does a survey need to have a minimum of 30 respondees to be statistically significant?

Submitted by shashwathj t3_127eon3 on March 31, 2023 at 8:22 AM

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ELI5:How electrecution happen at high voltage in near proximity without touching( HV lines).

Submitted by ReferenceThin6645 t3_127sesl on March 31, 2023 at 5:20 PM

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ELI5: what is the GDP of a country

Submitted by amradoofamash t3_127j1cy on March 31, 2023 at 12:05 PM

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ELI5: Why can’t governments funds things if they’re always in debt anyway?

Submitted by goaterra t3_127purd on March 31, 2023 at 3:55 PM

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ELI5: How are we able to direct narrow bands of magnetic fields like utility lines if Earth's magnetic field emanates outward from the core towards the atmosphere?

Submitted by femmestem t3_127fk00 on March 31, 2023 at 9:11 AM

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eli5 why is file/folder size is in bytes but speed counts are mostly in bits?

Submitted by ArchariosMaster t3_127czbb on March 31, 2023 at 7:02 AM

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ELI5: Doesn’t the drop in a stock price after the ex-dividend day cancel out the dividend gain for an investor?

Submitted by 4westofthemoon4 t3_127meed on March 31, 2023 at 2:00 PM

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ELI5: Why sugar in fruits is good for you but processed sugar in chocolate and desserts is not?

Submitted by Sensitive_Apple_7901 t3_127lho4 on March 31, 2023 at 1:27 PM

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Eli5:How does alcohol kill germs??

Submitted by invisible_potion t3_127bfc4 on March 31, 2023 at 5:37 AM

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eli5: Who does the US owe almost 32 trillion dollars of debt too? If it’s the most powerful nation in the world, can’t it just get rid of it?

Submitted by brybry0812 t3_127agud on March 31, 2023 at 4:47 AM

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ELI5: Why computer chips nanometers progress is gradual? Why can not the technology bump up to the lowest nm possible immediately since the concept and mechanisms of it is already known and studied

Submitted by richiehustle t3_127llbb on March 31, 2023 at 1:31 PM

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ELI5: What is that awful sensation on your teeth when you are eating, and bite the fork by mistake?

Submitted by Powerful-Pumpkin-938 t3_127aboa on March 31, 2023 at 4:40 AM

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ELI5 - In moviemaking, it seems "dailies" would be pretty easy to create for review and playback in the digital realm, but how were "dailies" created in the film era, if the film had to be processed/developed and then sync'd to sound first?

Submitted by OsgoodSchlotter t3_127lw33 on March 31, 2023 at 1:42 PM

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