Explain Like I'm Five, aka ELI5, is the mini-podcast series where we take the questions you always wanted to ask, and talk about them in a way that is easy to understand. Made possible by the amazing reddit community at r/explainlikeimfive. See episode show notes for user credits.

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ELI5 Blood Types - do animals have different blood types just like humans? 2025-04-11
ELI5 Fish Oil - if it’s so good for you, why not use it more for cooking? 2025-04-04
ELI5 Traffic Lights - why not use pressure sensors? 2025-04-04
ELI5 GPUs - why are they better than CPUs for artificial intelligence? 2025-03-28
ELI5 Sunrise - why do sunrise and sunset look different? 2025-03-21
ELI5 Sliced Bread - why is it the greatest thing since… 2025-03-14
ELI5 Nautical Miles - why are they different from the regular mile? 2025-03-07
ELI5 AA Batteries - how did AA type batteries become standard and what about the A battery? 2025-02-28
ELI5 Meditation - Can meditation really change your brain? 2025-02-21
ELI5 Wolves - why are there big cats but not big dogs in the wild? 2025-02-14
ELI5 E. Coli - what is it and why isn’t it all bad? 2025-02-07
ELI5 Schrödinger's Cat - is the cat both dead and alive and why does it matter in quantum mechanics? 2025-01-31
ELI5 Rare Earth Metals - why they aren’t actually rare? 2025-01-24
ELI5 LASIK - how exactly does it fix your vision? 2025-01-17
ELI5 Ligers, Lions and Tigers - who would win in a fight? 2025-01-10
ELI5 Sleepwalking - is it dangerous to wake someone in the middle of a sleep walk? 2025-01-03
ELI5 Wasabi - is most wasabi really “fake” outside of Japan? 2024-12-27
ELI5 Spicy Food - if water is not a good antidote, what is? 2024-12-20
ELI5 Rubber Bands - why do they become brittle over time? 2024-12-13
ELI5 Mint - why it became associated with freshness? 2024-12-06
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