r/explainlikeimfive - Page 4

122 words ELI5: Why do female breasts vary so wildly in size for humans? 210 words ELI5: Odds of succeeding twice in 10 tries. 171 words ELI5: What is the difference and/or benefit of a DLSR camera vs. a standard phone camera? 172 words ELI5: What is a fascist? 122 words ELI5: Why are combat boots better than hiking or running shoes in a warfare? 307 words ELI5: Where did water originally come from? 192 words ELI5 : Why do we as humans have so many negative psychological traits ? Things like arrogance, cynicism or jealousy. Why do we feel them and what benefit do they bring to our species ? 148 words ELI5: Where did STDs originate and how did the first human or animal get them? 127 words ELI5: We have invented materials that don't rust, so why do bicycles still use chains that turn rusty after a little rain? 124 words ELI5: Why do so many abuse victims become abusers themselves when they know how horrible it is to be put through it? 314 words ELI5:how does an old camera save pics with film 264 words ELI5 - Why do people get hungry after swimming? 305 words ELI5: How did diarrhea kill so many people before and now it’s not that big of a deal? 189 words ELI5; why does college require so many general educational credits when the majority of the actual studies of the degree is the last two years? 247 words ELI5: Why did it take so long for a cheap drug company like Mark Cuban’s to exist in America? 107 words ELI5: Is the front camera from my phone reading my mind? 169 words ELI5: How did the U.S. rise to a global superpower in only 250 years but counties that have been around for 1000s of years are still under-developed? 733 words ELI5: Where does the energy for gravity come from? 194 words eli5: why is x⁰ = 1 instead of non-existent? 151 words ELI5: What in the US culture makes workers accept to work such a large proportion of the available time they have? (Anthropology, Social Sciences)