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 Leap Years - why was 2000 a leap year but 2100 isn’t?	2024-03-01
ELI5 Hypnosis - is it real and how does it work?	2024-02-23
ELI5 Eczema - why scratching it feels so good?	2024-02-16
ELI5 Soaps - hand soaps vs body wash - are they different?	2024-02-09
ELI5 Endangered Species - how is the axolotl endangered but also in pet stores?	2024-02-02
ELI5 Aurora Borealis - what would it be like inside the northern lights?	2024-01-26
ELI5 Snakes - does eating a venomous snake kill its predator?	2024-01-19
ELI5 Rewind - Artificial Sweeteners - good for weight loss or bad for you?	2024-01-15
ELI5 Onomatopoeias - why are there differences across languages?	2024-01-12
ELI5 Weight Gain - how does the body decide where it goes?	2024-01-05
ELI5 Winter Solstice - why it marks the start of winter, not the middle of it?	2023-12-22
ELI5 Primary Colors - are they red green blue or red yellow blue?	2023-12-15
ELI5 Bed Bugs - why they came back after nearly being eradicated?	2023-12-08
ELI5 Where’s Waldo - why Waldo is an important character in cryptography?	2023-12-01
ELI5 Thanksgiving - why is it called Black Friday?	2023-11-24
ELI5 Powerlines - why aren’t more power lines underground in the US?	2023-11-17
ELI5 Crabs - why do crabs turn bright orange when cooked?	2023-11-10
ELI5 Planes - why the need for a ground cart to push them back?	2023-11-03
ELI5 GDP and the Equator - why are countries richer away from the equator?	2023-10-27
ELI5 Altitude and Heat - why is it colder at higher elevations?	2023-10-20

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