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ELI5: In English why is “Good Morning/Day/Afternoon/Evening” a greeting, but “Good Day/Night” a farewell?

206 upvotes • flyby2412
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ELI5- What exactly is the difference between accepting or rejecting cookies?

204 upvotes • hhouseofballoons
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Eli5 why do they still use a starting pistol sound to start running events in the olympics when many other sports use a beep or tone of some kind?

195 upvotes • speederbrad95
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ELI5: How does a supercomputer work and how are they so fast?

187 upvotes • delusional_Panther_
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ELI5: Musk lawsuit against advertisers group for boycotting "X". What law was broken?

186 upvotes • SgtSharki
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Eli5: How plinko is a valid gambling option?

186 upvotes • Civil_Aside_359
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ELI5: Why does the sky turn different colors during sunrise and sunset?

178 upvotes • anniecutie1
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ELI5: Why haven't we domesticated squirrels?

177 upvotes • MaeveCarpenter
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ELI5: What is the Monte Carlo Simulation?

170 upvotes • Flimsy_List_8921
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ELI5: Why does Cloudflare have a wall of lava lamps?

167 upvotes • Goldsofa
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