Explain Like I'm 5 (ELI5)

Objective and layman-accessible explanations, not answers aimed at literal five-year-olds.

ELI5: Maternal haplogroups mean we’re all descended from the same woman?

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Fish trap

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ELI5: With all the technological advances of the current millennium, why are flights from Point A to Point B the same duration as decades ago? Why aren’t commercial airplanes flying significantly faster today than decades ago?

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B-52 from inside the bomb bay

ELI5: What causes the sticky, frictional feeling you get on your hands after using bar soap?

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You can see the shadow of heat against the paint of a car move

ELI5: What was the Old Fashioned cocktail called before it was old enough to be old fashioned?

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ELI5: Why is chicken pox relatively harmless in children but potentially fatal in adults?

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What a fascinating trap!

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