explain it like I'm five.

US Government Shutdown

Alex is wondering:

ELI5: What is a government shutdown? How does it even happen?

Asked Mar 11, 2025

Big Beautiful Bill

Alex's big important question is:

ELI5: What is Trump's Big Beautiful Bill and why is it controversial?

Asked Jul 05, 2025

Bank

Alex can't understand:

ELI5: How do they get profit besides interest? What do they do with our money inside of it?

Asked May 01, 2025

Raw Meat

Alex is wondering:

ELI5: Why can other carnivores eat raw meat but humans are so prone to infections?

Asked Apr 23, 2025

Canning

Alex's brain matter is pondering:

ELI5: How does meat stored in cans/packets not rot? How can canned tuna sit on a shelf for 2-3 years before it goes bad?

Asked Mar 21, 2025

Joint Cracking

Alex can't understand:

ELI5: What does a chiropractor's cracking do to your body?

Asked Mar 21, 2025

Russo-Ukranian War

Alex's cerebrum hurts wondering:

ELI5: What are Russia and Ukraine fighting over? Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

Asked Mar 11, 2025

Speed of Light

Alex just has to know:

ELI5: Why can't anything move faster than the speed of light?

Asked Mar 11, 2025

Palestine

Alex just has to know:

ELI5: What makes Palestine Palestine? What is the difference between Palestine and Israel?

Asked Mar 11, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Alex's cerebrum hurts wondering:

ELI5: Why is AI everywhere now? What does it mean and how is it different from machine learning and neural networks?

Asked Mar 11, 2025

Chernobyl Disaster

Alex can't sleep until they know:

ELI5: What is Chernobyl and why was it such a big disaster? Why is it still relevant?

Asked Mar 11, 2025

Algorithm

Alex's big important question is:

ELI5: What exactly is an algorithm and how does it work?

Asked Mar 11, 2025

Machine Learning

Alex's little brain wants to know:

ELI5: What does machine learning actually do? How is it related to AI?

Asked Mar 11, 2025

Aurora

Alex's cerebrum hurts wondering:

ELI5: What are the Northern Lights and what causes them?

Asked May 20, 2024

Brexit

Alex just has to know:

ELI5: What was Brexit and why was it bad? Or good?

Asked Mar 11, 2025

Quantum Computing

Alex is wondering:

ELI5: How does a quantum computer work and why are they superior to our current computers?

Asked Aug 14, 2024

Gravity

Alex's cerebrum hurts wondering:

ELI5: What is gravity?

Asked Aug 13, 2024

Planck Length

Alex is pondering:

ELI5: How is Planck length the shortest distance possible? Couldn’t you just split that length in half and have 1/2 Planck length?

Asked Aug 13, 2024

Military Commission

Alex just has to know:

ELI5: What is a "commission"? As in "Non-Commissioned Officer"? And what happens when an NCO receives this commission?

Asked Aug 12, 2024

Race

Alex can't understand:

ELI5: Can someone explain how race is a social construct, and not genetic?

Asked Aug 11, 2024

Filibuster

Alex just has to know:

ELI5: What is the point of a filibuster? Even if the vote is delayed, it will still be passed/rejected eventually...

Asked Aug 11, 2024

Nitrogen

Alex can't sleep until they know:

ELI5: What is Nitrogen?

Asked Aug 11, 2024

Iambic Pentameter

Alex just has to know:

ELI5: What is Iambic Pentameter and what makes it special?

Asked Jul 26, 2024

Keith Gill

Alex is wondering:

ELI5: How did Keith Gill (AKA RoaringKitty, AKA DeepFuckingValue) turn 50k into over 200M? What's the deal with GME?

Asked Jun 06, 2024

The Sun

Alex can't understand:

ELI5: wtf is the Sun?

Asked May 20, 2024