Ranked #1
ELI5 Bitcoin - Explain crypto currency like I'm five!
ELI5 Bitcoin - Explain crypto currency like I'm five!
How does Bitcoin it work? How do I get it? What is the blockchain? What is mining? Why are ASIC and GPU or video cards u... Read more
19 Jul 2019
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8mins
Ranked #2
ELI5 Left & Right Wings in Politics - why the Elephant and Donkey as mascots?
ELI5 Left & Right Wings in Politics - why the Elephant and Donkey as mascots?
Why do we call it Left and Right in politics? Where did the Left and Right wings originate from? Is it true that young p... Read more
1 May 2020
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9mins
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13 Mar 2020
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ELI5 White Noise - Plus brown noise, pink noise & other colored noises explained
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What is white noise? What about the other colored noises? What do these noises do the brain? Why do some people use brow... Read more
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ELI5 Air Conditioning - How does it work?
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Ranked #9
ELI5 Disinfectant Alcohol - why is 70% alcohol better than 90% as disinfectant?
ELI5 Disinfectant Alcohol - why is 70% alcohol better than 90% as disinfectant?
What makes 70% alcohol a better disinfectant than 90% alcohol? What is the pancake alcohol analogy? What is Isopropyl al... Read more
28 Feb 2020
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Ranked #10
ELI5 Jeans - Do you have to wash your Levi's?
ELI5 Jeans - Do you have to wash your Levi's?
Did you know that the word Jeans comes from Genoa Italy? Where does the word Denim come from? Is true what that you don'... Read more
9 Aug 2019
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ELI5 Everest - how did they measure it (and other mountains) originally?
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20 Mar 2020
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ELI5 Rainbows - how are rainbows formed, and why is the color brown missing?
ELI5 Rainbows - how are rainbows formed, and why is the color brown missing?
How are rainbows formed? How about double rainbows? Are rainbows really circles? Why isn't brown on the rainbow? ... W... Read more
23 Apr 2020
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5mins
Ranked #13
ELI5 Weddings - Where do wedding traditions (eg not seeing the bride in her dress) come from?
ELI5 Weddings - Where do wedding traditions (eg not seeing the bride in her dress) come from?
Why is there the tradition of not seeing the bride in the wedding dress beforehand? Where did something old, something n... Read more
5 Sep 2019
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ELI5 Birthmarks - what causes our skin to have them?
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8 May 2020
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6mins
Ranked #15
ELI5 Stress - What does it do to our bodies?
ELI5 Stress - What does it do to our bodies?
What causes stress? What does it do to our bodies? What’s the difference between 'fight or flight' and 'rest and digest'... Read more
12 Jul 2019
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7mins
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ELI5 Virus vs Bacteria - why getting sick from viruses is different to bacterial diseases
ELI5 Virus vs Bacteria - why getting sick from viruses is different to bacterial diseases
What’s the difference between getting sick from a bacteria vs a virus? What are RNA viruses, and why are they different ... Read more
17 Apr 2020
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7mins
Ranked #17
ELI5 Wi-Fi - how does wifi hacking work?
ELI5 Wi-Fi - how does wifi hacking work?
Wifi explained. How does wifi hacking actually work? Can a hacker reconstruct one's screen? When the Wifi is sluggish, w... Read more
10 Apr 2020
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7mins
Ranked #18
ELI5 Spanish Flu - as a global pandemic, why was it nicknamed Spanish Flu?
ELI5 Spanish Flu - as a global pandemic, why was it nicknamed Spanish Flu?
Why was the Spanish Flu of 1918 called the Spanish Flu when it was a global pandemic? Why was the 2nd wave more deadly t... Read more
27 Mar 2020
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8mins
Ranked #19
ELI5 Credit Scores - why do FICO scores end at 850?
ELI5 Credit Scores - why do FICO scores end at 850?
What was the recent algorithm change that is affecting everyone's credit scores? Why do FICO scores start at 300 and end... Read more
7 Feb 2020
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ELI5 Ski Jumping - how do they not get injured when landing?
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14 Feb 2020
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7mins
