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230 words ELI5: Why are Christians mostly conservative and right leaning when Jesus was profoundly socially progressive? 361 words ELI5: Why is it so important for humans to have a balanced nutrition but not for animals? 135 words ELI5: Is there any way of seeing someone without them seeing YOU 168 words ELI5 How does sanding and polishing car-paint fix scratches? 120 words ELI5: How are some infinities bigger than others? 656 words ELI5 what prevents people from using the routing and account number at the bottom of the check to steal from the account or write fraudulent checks? 187 words ELI5 what is the difference between LED, LCD, OLED, QLED, and plasma? 146 words Eli5 an Insurance deductible. 150 words eli5 - why do the McDonald’s ice cream machines always break? 164 words ELI5 | What is the ‘event horizon’ as described by Stephen Hawking and what does it mean for time, space and light? 738 words ELI5: What happened in the World Wars? 155 words ELI5 If we're not sure on Jesus's birth year (4-6 BC supposedly), why is 1 BC set where it is? 124 words ELI5: Why does everyone say crypto is so amazing ? 186 words ELI5: What would happen to humanity/the environment if a continent's worth of people just suddenly disappeared (ala Thanos). 279 words ELI5: How does salt enhance flavour? 209 words ELI5: Why wouldn't gun control work, if it makes it harder to obtain firearms? 121 words ELI5: Difference between AM and FM ? 252 words Eli5 - How does stock trading work??? 128 words Eli5: Why do scientists believe aliens would be either carbon based or silicon based? Are the no other elements that could form life? 146 words ELI5 Hispanics are the second largest minority group. Why aren’t they on the U.S. census?