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TechnologyELI5: Why do clocks often make two alternating noises (like "tick" and "tock")? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Tyssy

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PhysicsELI5: How are train engines able to pull enormous amounts of cargo? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by ZeusThunder369

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CultureELI5: Meaning behind this Churchill quote: "anyone who was not a liberal at 20 years of age had no heart, while anyone who was still a liberal at 40 had no head" (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by ZeusThunder369

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BiologyELI5:Why Are Peanut Allergies So Prevelant Now But Were Unheard Of 40 Years Ago? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by FalseMirage

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OtherELI5: how does your brain decide you like/dislike a certain song? What influences that? And why do we all like different songs? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by kenonthatbeat

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BiologyELIF: Why are sone illnesses (i.e. chickenpox) relatively harmless when we are younger, but much more hazardous if we get them later in life? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Sasquatchhuntaz

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TechnologyELI5:Why are Java, Python, C++ the most common languages jobs look for? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by firewall245

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PhysicsELI5: What happens with the surplus energy of my bike dynamo? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by FrozenHaystack

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BiologyELI5: If you lose a lot of weight and then gain it all back again will the weight settle the same way on your body as before or will it distribute differently? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by emilytheviolist

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TechnologyELI5: how were we able to program computer to tell time? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Jncocontrol

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BiologyELI5: Why are some animals able to walk and support themselves straight from birth, whereas humans can't even hold their own head up? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by imDudekid

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OtherELI5: How can a side affects of antidepressants be thoughts of suicide? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Dognado

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PhysicsELI5: Why is water clear? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by new_old_mike

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BiologyELI5: Why do we normally not notice we're dreaming, even when it's really obvious? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by IzWarped

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TechnologyELI5: What are we trying to describe when we talk about "cyberspace"? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by RektSavage

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TechnologyELI5: How are emergancy calls made by a phone without a sim connected? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Poebat

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CultureELI5:What is meant when a school is described as quite Calvanistic? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by scottyman2k

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ELI5: Why is it year 2016? What happened year 0 that made time reset? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by carpediem2day

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EngineeringELI5: How do strings of Christmas Lights work, and how can one fix them? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by tylee24

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BiologyELI5: Why do we oftwn wake up and or get roused right before 'the good part' of a dream? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Alpha_Moose1

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TechnologyELI5: what is the difference between .JPG .PNG and the like? What different functions do they serve and why can't we unify them? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by Teapot42

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BiologyELI5: Why does ginger "settle" one's stomach? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by KushJackson

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PhysicsELI5: Why do we think dark matter exists? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by nivenfan

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BiologyELI5: Why is it once coral reefs are dead they are dead forever? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by -Kaldore-

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CultureELI5: What's the point of upper and lower case alphabets? How did they come to be? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted by DeusKamus

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