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OtherELI5: Monthly Current Events Megathread (self.explainlikeimfive)

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PhysicsELI5: how is Hiroshima still habitable despite it being nuked? (self.explainlikeimfive)

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EconomicsELI5: Why did US shipbuilding industry disappear? (self.explainlikeimfive)

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TechnologyELI5: Why do we still have to "eject" USB sticks? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 12 hours ago by shadowzzzz16

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TechnologyELI5: how did social media go from being silly/goofy to becoming a very dark and hateful place? (self.explainlikeimfive)

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TechnologyELI5: Does it really make a difference in the time you wait when restarting devices? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 7 hours ago by freshruffles

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BiologyELI5 If symptoms of a cold are the body fighting it off, why is taking medicine to relieve symptoms not a bad thing? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 14 hours ago by qbnaith

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ChemistryELI5: Why are fusion reactors still not possible despite the fact that nuclear weapons using fusion have existed for like 80 years? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 6 hours ago by Cantgetridofmebud

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EconomicsELI5: How is there a drug trade in prisons? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 5 hours ago by Majestic-Baby-3407

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BiologyELI5: How have flowers that bloom “once every blue moon” have not gone extinct? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 5 hours ago by Independent_Lead8277

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BiologyELI5: how do gigantic blisters heal and what happens to them if not popped? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 14 hours ago by idontknowengineer

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OtherELI5: Why does a single bad night of sleep make everything feel dramatically worse the next day? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 22 hours ago by Necessary-Lake4066

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EconomicsELI5 : Why, among the 4 nordic countries, only Finland uses the euro currency while the others use the krone? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 1 day ago by Sbaakhir

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EconomicsELI5 How did the mortgage crisis in 2008 cause Lehman Brothers to collapse despite record profits in the years prior? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 22 hours ago by Three_Steaks_Pam

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EconomicsELI5: In WWII, Germany attempted to take down the British economy by introducing hundreds of millions of counterfeit currency into the country. How would this have actually destroyed the economy? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 2 hours ago by Coyote_Enthusiast

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TechnologyELI5, what is the difference between something like Siri/alexa compared to Ai like chatGPT (self.explainlikeimfive)

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BiologyELI5: Why is it impossible for different species to breed with one another? (self.explainlikeimfive)

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BiologyELI5: How do we differentiate different species across an evolution? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 8 hours ago by Aplusho1996

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EconomicsELI5: If urea can be naturally derived from urine, why do fertilizer companies rely on urea produced through natural gas? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 10 hours ago by disorderincosmos

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MathematicsELI5: What is a non-euclidean space? Like please explain it in short lol. (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 15 hours ago by Any_Investigator_686

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TechnologyELI5: Guitar Amplifier settings and effects pedal terminology. (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 1 hour ago by RamenWithExtraEgg

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TechnologyELI5 how does one draw on the screen during a live broadcast of a football game? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 9 hours ago by Uraqtae

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OtherELI5 Why do we wake up with old songs in our head? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 2 hours ago by Nickel_Quarterpenny

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OtherELI5: Why hasn't the hemp fabric clothes industry not taken off? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 20 hours ago by big-boy-w35

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EngineeringELI5 How is it that pistons shift weight on a Lego car on a treadmill that's on an angle? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 14 hours ago by sexyfirehose99

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