Explain Like I'm 5 (ELI5)

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

 

ELI5: Why are there such virus inducing ads on nearly every site? And who lets them stay there?

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The worst part is that they’re click bait and tries to force you to click on them with their opaque close button. What do we even let them exist?


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ELI5: How does chapstick work?

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ELI5 why canned food last much longer than other packed food?

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Why does storing food by canning it make it last so much longer than any other method?


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ELI5: How did drinking beer help out during the time of the bubonic plague pandemics?

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I heard something about the plague not being transmitted through the beer for some reason.


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ELIF What is the difference between time signatures that have the same ratio?

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For example, why would someone choose 2/2 time over 4/4 time? It will still give your 4 quarter notes per measure, just at half the time spent on each quarter note.


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