ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast

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ELI5 Calories - why raising heart rate with exercise is good but bad through stress, caffeine etc? Jan 01, 2021

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Why does cooked food sometimes offer more calories than its raw counterpart? If you eat a 2000 calorie meal, why can you still feel hungry after a few hours? Why is restaurant food vastly more calorie dense than preparing food at home? Why is it good to burn calories by raising your heart rate through aerobic exercise, but not through caffeine, stress, anxiety, etc?

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Study referenced on Association of Physical Activity Intensity With Mortality:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2772939

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ELI5 Blood - how does circulation work after an amputation? Dec 25, 2020

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Why does blood not stick to human skin like a permanent marker, yet stains things like clothes really badly? How does circulation work after an amputation? How many blood types are there? What does A B & O mean? If blood in your veins looks blue, why do we never see blue blood when we get a cut?

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ELI5 Earthquakes - how do they design buildings to withstand them? Dec 18, 2020

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If an earthquake is the moving of a giant plate, why is the epicenter a single point and not the entire fault line? How do they make buildings earthquake proof? When did an earthquake shift an entire island?

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ELI5 Hot Dogs - part of McDonald's founding story? Dec 11, 2020

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Why aren't hot dogs sold at fast food places, while burgers are everywhere? How are hot dogs part of McDonald's founding story? How does Joey Chestnut's body deal with 70 hotdogs in 10 minutes? Where did the name hot dogs even come from?

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ELI5 Ball Point Pens - why do the caps have holes? Dec 04, 2020

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Why do most pen caps have holes? When a pen quits half way through the word, why will it write on a fresh piece of paper but not over the letter it failed on? Why do some people call the ball point pen a biro pen?

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For some cool science experiments to do with dry ice, check out this site: https://dryiceinfo.com/science.htm

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ELI5 Dry Ice - why it should not go in the swimming pool? Nov 27, 2020

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How is dry ice made? Why does metal make a 'screaming sound' when dry ice is touched to it? Is it possible to make fizzy fruit with it? Why should we never put dry ice into a swimming pool?

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ELI5 LED Bulbs - why the blue one warranted a Nobel prize? Nov 20, 2020

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What is so special about the blue variety of LED? Why do LEDs still get so hot if they are supposed to be energy efficient? If LEDs were invented in the 1960s, why have they only become popular in the last decade or two? Why did the blue LED warrant a Nobel Prize in Physics?

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ELI5 Snow - what makes the perfect snowflake? Nov 13, 2020

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Why does the world seem so quiet when it’s snowing outside? How is a snowflake formed? What atmospheric conditions make for a perfect snowflake? What makes perfect ski snow?

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ELI5 Asteroids - why NASA wants to catch an asteroid? Nov 06, 2020

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Explain asteroids vs comets vs meteoroids? An asteroid sample from the asteroid Bennu is now on its way back to earth (due in 2023) - why does NASA want to catch an asteroid and send samples back to earth? Did a meteorite kill the dinosaurs?

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ELI5 Pluto - is it a planet or not? Oct 30, 2020

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Why did Pluto suddenly became a dwarf planet? Why did they change it in 2006, and who defined what makes a planet and what doesn't? Why did we get so excited about new photos of Pluto a few years ago?

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