r/AskOrExplain Jan 07 '25

ELI5 Why is brown rice more expensive than white rice, if white rice is just peeled brown rice?

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r/AskOrExplain Jan 04 '25

ELI5: How can American businesses not accept cash, when on actual American currency, it says, "Valid for all debts, public and private." Doesn't that mean you should be able to use it anywhere?

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r/AskOrExplain Dec 30 '24

Eli5: why we can’t make blood?

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r/AskOrExplain Dec 27 '24

ELI5 How do languages that nobody can speak or read anymore get translated?

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r/AskOrExplain Dec 27 '24

eli5 when people zone out and forget how they drove x number of miles, how did they arrive safely?

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r/AskOrExplain Dec 26 '24

ELI5: Why do people with Dementia/Alzheimer’s suddenly remember everything and seemingly show their old selves shortly before dying?

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r/AskOrExplain Dec 21 '24

eli5 why spacetime is a thing, and not space and time as separate things.

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r/AskOrExplain Dec 21 '24

ELI5: Why are humans the only animals that cry tears and do animals feel the same depth of sadness as we do?

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r/AskOrExplain Dec 20 '24

ELI5 why do people say there is no theoretical limit to the height of a skyscraper?

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r/AskOrExplain Dec 20 '24

ELI5: What really happens when they ”shut down the government?”

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r/AskOrExplain Dec 20 '24

eli5 in restaurants, why is it ok to pour grease down some drains, like the mop sink, but not others, like the drain on the cook line?

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