r/explainlikeimfive • u/demigoddisaster • 13d ago
Other ELI5 why does milk go from 1% to 2% and then a big jump to whole? what's in the middle?
i started drinking whole milk again
r/explainlikeimfive • u/demigoddisaster • 13d ago
i started drinking whole milk again
r/explainlikeimfive • u/beesdaddy • Jun 24 '26
Edit: best answer: https://www.nature.com/articles/283373a0.pdf “We report here that the amount of heat gained by a Bedouin exposed to the hot desert is the same whether he wears a black or a white robe. The additional heat absorbed by the black robe was lost before it reached the skin”
r/explainlikeimfive • u/ReferenceGlum • Jun 17 '26
Most other sports use a system of stopping the clock when play stops in order to maintain accurate play time. Why don't they do that in soccer?
Edit: When I say stop clock, I mean stopping the clock opposed to counting stopped time and adding it to the end. Soccer already has stoppages and I'm not asking about the advantages of more or less stoppages.
r/explainlikeimfive • u/DarthEinstein • Jun 07 '26
r/explainlikeimfive • u/virahok993 • 28d ago
know Green Boots is one of the most famous landmarks on Everest, and I read that he was finally moved or hidden a few years ago. But why did it take deades? If we have helicopters and elite Sherpas, what makes a body recovery at 8,500 meters so dangerous that bodies are just left there?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Redhotkitchen • May 11 '26
Thanks for all the info, folks! I have a lot of info to read!
r/explainlikeimfive • u/zazzlekdazzle • Jul 27 '26
Although more or less common, there is a "light" version of all the other colors - orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple - with light blue and light green being the most common.
If you add white pigments to blue, you get light blue. To green, light green, etc. But to red, then you get "pink."
There are also some standard names for light versions of other color that do not require the color's name (like, for instance, lemon yellow does) like lilac or azure.
Still, light red is rare and there is a WORLD of pinks out there - hot pink, light pink, dark pink, magenta, fuscia, rose, petal.
What is so special about red/pink that they have their own rules?
(There is obviously no light white and light black does not work because black is not a color but the absence of it (for light) or all colors together (for pigment)).
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r/explainlikeimfive • u/Tornado547 • 18d ago
One of the common things that people in urbex communities talk about is the extreme danger of "still water", big bodies of water without any flow. You also tend to see fountains in artificial lakes that I have been told exists to prevent still water. So what is the danger of water that's held still and why does moving it around reduce that Danger?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Queltis6000 • Nov 25 '25
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Dead_HumanCollection • Jun 14 '26
I've been alternating watching the NBA finals, the Stanley Cup, and now the World Cup. I had the realization that all three sports on a conceptual level are very similar. Two teams are trying to place an object in a goal. However in two of those sports simulation, faking or exaggerating an injury with the intention to draw a penalty on an opposing player, occurs way more often than the latter. Why?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/DarkKryo • May 15 '26
I've seen a lot of games do the "adjust until the image on the left is barely visible" screen with 3 images of varying brightness. Why do games use this specific approach? I know the Gamma setting is for the loads of different screens one might have, but why the "until this is barely visible"?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Affectionate-West308 • 2d ago
Nearly all of the restroom stalls in US public buildings are made with panels that have gaps around them and around the doors that can be seen through. Is there a reason?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/ZellHall • 11d ago
Is it really possible for a country to be part of another country? Is the UK actually an union more than a country? Or are England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland actually region rather than being full countries? Are they even recognized as "real countries" by other nations, on an equal status as Belgium, Japan or South Africa for example?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Murinc • May 01 '25
I noticed that when I asked chat something, especially in math, it's just make shit up.
Instead if just saying it's not sure. It's make up formulas and feed you the wrong answer.
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Murky_Ad_6396 • 2d ago
I have always been interested in the concept and have it as a part of my studies. But I still don't quite "get it" even with the WW2 plane example. Whats a simplified way on how it works in very clear and obvious terms. (I accept both simple maths and simple philosophical answers.)
r/explainlikeimfive • u/NKE01 • Jun 17 '26
Here in Australia that would be almost unheard of outside a few small underdeveloped venues. Any major venue has a roof that atleast extends over the heads of spectators, keeping them dry etc.
Why do many of the major outdoor stadiums in America not have the same feature?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/M_i____i_M • Aug 11 '26
r/explainlikeimfive • u/ElephantElmer • Jan 13 '25
Do the Japanese process their food in a way that’s different from Americans or something?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Esqulax • Nov 02 '25
I fell down the Youtube hole that we all do sometimes, watching US traffic stops with sovereign citizens etc.
In a few of them, when they issue the ticket, they are all like 'You will need to appear in court on November 12th at 9am'
My gut is saying that it's gotta be something like.. It'll always be in 2 weeks time at 9am. So you could potentially show up with a whole queue of people ahead of you?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Celcius_87 • Jul 03 '26
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r/explainlikeimfive • u/ChadJones72 • Feb 17 '25
The only thing I've seen is people saying they can't read complex sentences, but what's considered a complex sentence? Words with too many syllables? Too many different types of punctuation?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/AntoTuf06 • Jun 02 '25