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 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
ELI5 Black Friday - why is it called Black Friday?	2024-11-29
ELI5 Myopia - why can’t you buy myopia glasses off the shelf like reading glasses?	2024-11-22
ELI5 Volcanoes - can they be used for dumping trash?	2024-11-15
ELI5 Lab Grown Diamonds - why do they have lower resale values?	2024-11-08
ELI5 MRIs - how do they work and why are they so noisy?	2024-11-01
ELI5 Aircraft Engines - why propellers on military planes vs jet engines?	2024-10-25
ELI5 Speed of Light - why can’t we exceed it?	2024-10-18
ELI5 QR Codes - how do they work even with portions covered or obscured?	2024-10-11
ELI5 Dyson Sphere - did aliens already build one?	2024-10-04

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