ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast
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324 Episodes
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ELI5 Birthmarks - what causes our skin to have them?
Published: 5/8/2020 -
ELI5 Left & Right Wings in Politics - why the Elephant and Donkey as mascots?
Published: 5/1/2020 -
ELI5 Rainbows - how are rainbows formed, and why is the color brown missing?
Published: 4/23/2020 -
ELI5 Virus vs Bacteria - why getting sick from viruses is different to bacterial diseases
Published: 4/17/2020 -
ELI5 Wi-Fi - how does wifi hacking work?
Published: 4/10/2020 -
ELI5 Spanish Flu - as a global pandemic, why was it nicknamed Spanish Flu?
Published: 3/27/2020 -
ELI5 Everest - how did they measure it (and other mountains) originally?
Published: 3/20/2020 -
ELI5 Gray Hair - why does stress cause grey hair?
Published: 3/13/2020 -
ELI5 Sneezing - why our eyes water when a sneeze gets 'stuck'
Published: 3/6/2020 -
ELI5 Disinfectant Alcohol - why is 70% alcohol better than 90% as disinfectant?
Published: 2/28/2020 -
ELI5 Credit Card Security - is a chip really safer than a magstripe?
Published: 2/21/2020 -
ELI5 Ski Jumping - how do they not get injured when landing?
Published: 2/14/2020 -
ELI5 Credit Scores - why do FICO scores end at 850?
Published: 2/7/2020 -
ELI5 Face Masks - surgical masks, N95 masks what's the difference?
Published: 1/31/2020 -
ELI5 Pensions - where did the modern pension come from?
Published: 1/24/2020 -
ELI5 Gluten - why have folks suddenly become allergic to gluten this past decade?
Published: 1/17/2020 -
ELI5 Activity Trackers - how do they detect deep sleep?
Published: 1/10/2020 -
ELI5 Passwords - are password managers safe?
Published: 1/3/2020 -
ELI5 National Debt - who do countries owe when they are in debt?
Published: 12/20/2019 -
ELI5 Zero - why its discovery by ancient civilizations was so ground breaking for mathematics
Published: 12/13/2019
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.