/r/explainlikeimfive

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Eli5 Why do most toilets have bottoms shaped like their pipes instead of using straight sides?

258 upvotes • ForeverNugu

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ELI5: Why do people make comments about gastrointestinal distress and Mexican food? NSFW

250 upvotes • TheConeIsReturned

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ELI5: If “flushable” wipes aren’t actually flushable why are they allowed to be advertised as such?

246 upvotes • nicisdepressed

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ELI5: Why are there so many different linux distributions and how do they really differ from the users perspective?

232 upvotes • scubid

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ELI5: why are brick buildings better in colder and stone buildings better in warmer climate?

222 upvotes • Conscious_Pin_3969

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ELI5: What does "two-tier policing" mean?

217 upvotes • flintyquixies

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ELI5: Why is a group of four players the standard for the majority of games?

211 upvotes • JazzyFingerGuns

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ELI5 - If stomach acid is so strong, why sometimes do different food combinations make us sick / vomit? l.e. "The X, Y, Z are not agreeing with me."

210 upvotes • General-Pea2016

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ELI5 why do we fluctuate weight throughout the day so much?

208 upvotes • sleepycow333

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ELI5: How do video games that run on systems without internal memory save?

208 upvotes • mage-of-the-depths

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Eli5 Why do most toilets have bottoms shaped like their pipes instead of using straight sides?	258	ForeverNugu
ELI5: Why do people make comments about gastrointestinal distress and Mexican food? NSFW	250	TheConeIsReturned
ELI5: If “flushable” wipes aren’t actually flushable why are they allowed to be advertised as such?	246	nicisdepressed
ELI5: Why are there so many different linux distributions and how do they really differ from the users perspective?	232	scubid
ELI5: why are brick buildings better in colder and stone buildings better in warmer climate?	222	Conscious_Pin_3969
ELI5: What does "two-tier policing" mean?	217	flintyquixies
ELI5: Why is a group of four players the standard for the majority of games?	211	JazzyFingerGuns
ELI5 - If stomach acid is so strong, why sometimes do different food combinations make us sick / vomit? l.e. "The X, Y, Z are not agreeing with me."	210	General-Pea2016
ELI5 why do we fluctuate weight throughout the day so much?	208	sleepycow333
ELI5: How do video games that run on systems without internal memory save?	208	mage-of-the-depths