ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast 

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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Title	Date published
ELI5 Stoicism - what are the four Stoic values?	2025-04-25
ELI5 Panama Canal - why did the original French attempt fail?	2025-04-18
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 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

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