/r/explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: How do all animals, no matter the species, instinctively know to carry out sexual reproduction without learning or being shown beforehand?

2530 upvotes • Silent-Link9093

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ELI5: On manual cars, Why can't a car start in a higher gear?

2249 upvotes • Faerion17

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ELI5: Why do we use knots as a speed measurement unit for air and water travel?

2027 upvotes • patrick_thementalist

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ELI5: What makes Simone Biles’s routines and performances so elite?

1953 upvotes • Crafty-Pineapple5861

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ELI5: Why are the best boxers on TV not also competing in the Olympics?

1908 upvotes • Blince

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ELI5: If corn and potatoes are from the Americas, why weren't Native Americans making whiskey and vodka before the Europeans showed up?

1874 upvotes • constructionsitecake

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ELI5 How does Alzheimer’s kill you?

1861 upvotes • Zed_5150

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ELI5: Why do people eat snails but not slugs?

1859 upvotes • chickenwingtaco

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ELI5: Why are no birds of prey domesticated, even with centuries of falconry?

1744 upvotes • Gallantpride

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ELI5, is cancer always inside someone who gets it, or is it something that just appears?

1661 upvotes • Blonksnarvish

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
ELI5: How do all animals, no matter the species, instinctively know to carry out sexual reproduction without learning or being shown beforehand?	2530	Silent-Link9093
ELI5: On manual cars, Why can't a car start in a higher gear?	2249	Faerion17
ELI5: Why do we use knots as a speed measurement unit for air and water travel?	2027	patrick_thementalist
ELI5: What makes Simone Biles’s routines and performances so elite?	1953	Crafty-Pineapple5861
ELI5: Why are the best boxers on TV not also competing in the Olympics?	1908	Blince
ELI5: If corn and potatoes are from the Americas, why weren't Native Americans making whiskey and vodka before the Europeans showed up?	1874	constructionsitecake
ELI5 How does Alzheimer’s kill you?	1861	Zed_5150
ELI5: Why do people eat snails but not slugs?	1859	chickenwingtaco
ELI5: Why are no birds of prey domesticated, even with centuries of falconry?	1744	Gallantpride
ELI5, is cancer always inside someone who gets it, or is it something that just appears?	1661	Blonksnarvish