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

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ELI5 Tea - Why you should never put a tea bag in the microwave! Oct 04, 2019

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What is the difference between western and asian tea etiquette? Why do the Chinese and Japanese not put sugar and milk in their tea? What are the health benefits of tea?... and why you should never put a tea bag in the microwave!

... We explain like i'm five!

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Wikipedia Health Effects of Tea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_tea

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ELI5 Scars - How does the body repair a wound? Sep 27, 2019

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How does the body repair a wound? Do scars always grow back the same as they were before? Do fingerprints grow back exactly as the original? Why do scars not tan the same as normal skin?

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ELI5 Bicycles - Why are women's bike frames different to men's? Sep 19, 2019

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Why do typical female bike frames have a dip in the frame, while men's have a horizontal beam? Why is the geometry of a racing bike slightly different from that of a typical bike? How about mountain bikes vs road bikes? What is gravel biking?

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ELI5 Air Conditioning - How does it work? Sep 13, 2019

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How does AC and refrigeration in general work? Why is Freon gas used? Why do some people say that air conditioning is a cause of Legionnaires' disease?

... We explain like i'm five!

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ELI5 Weddings - Where do wedding traditions (eg not seeing the bride in her dress) come from? Sep 05, 2019

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Why is there the tradition of not seeing the bride in the wedding dress beforehand? Where did something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue come from? Why is there a tradition of smashing a glass at the end of Jewish weddings? What happens if someone 'objects' during the ceremony?

... We explain like i'm five!

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ELI5 Morning People - What makes someone a morning person? Aug 29, 2019

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What makes someone a morning person? How do you explain the Circadian clock? If I'm not one, is it possible to become a morning person?

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ELI5 Sore Muscles - Why the delay in soreness after a workout? Aug 23, 2019

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Why does it take 24 hours for muscles to start hurting after a workout? Why not straight away? We explain delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) like I'm 5. And while we're at it, what are muscle knots? How do I get them and get rid of them?

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ELI5 Jeans - Do you have to wash your Levi's? Aug 09, 2019

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Did you know that the word Jeans comes from Genoa Italy? Where does the word Denim come from? Is true what that you don't have to wash jeans, just put them in the freezer? Did the CEO of Levi's really say that?

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ELI5 White Noise - Plus brown noise, pink noise & other colored noises explained Aug 02, 2019

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What is white noise? What about the other colored noises? What do these noises do the brain? Why do some people use brown noise as a way to focus?

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ELI5 Drones - Why don't we see helicopter sized quadcopters? Jul 26, 2019

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Why have remote controlled drones or RC quadcopters become so popular in recent years? If they are a superior design to regular helicopters, why aren't we starting to see full scale quadcopters being built?

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