r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 3d ago

ELIC: What is a "squeam" and why are some people squeamish?

16 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 3d ago

ELIC: How do we know that P/p is not from the Greek letter rho when the Greek letter looks like Ρ/ρ?

11 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 7d ago

ELIC: how come it's not easy being green?

21 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 7d ago

ELIC: Why do so many of the continents point south?

15 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 11d ago

ELIC: What can you do in Japan in 5 minutes?

13 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 11d ago

ELIC: Why don't sea lions live close to where lions live?

6 Upvotes

A sea lion is a sea lion, so people should think it is pretty similar to a lion! But I heard that sea lions live in places like the North American west coast and the Australian south coast, while lions live in places like India and Africa.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 13d ago

ELIC: why is “nats” spelled gnats, “nife” knife, and new-mone-eya” pneumonia, but autumn just totally leaves out the n sound?

26 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 14d ago

ELIC: Fish Ladders?

19 Upvotes

How do they climb them without hands?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 14d ago

What Do Peeps Taste Like?

5 Upvotes

A friend asked me to describe what Peeps taste like and I need help describing this abomination of a creation.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 15d ago

ELIC: if brocoli is so healthy for you, why can’t they make it taste good?

0 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 18d ago

ELIC why do birds get to fly and not us and where do birds fly to?

8 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 20d ago

ELIC: who is general Tso?

29 Upvotes

And why do we eat his chicken?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 20d ago

ELIC Why is car fuel called "gas" when it's obviously a liquid?

68 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 21d ago

ELIC: Why do they call it "playing" an instrument when you have to practice constantly and it's hard to learn?

13 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 22d ago

ELIC: Why can't we speak with dolphins?

11 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 22d ago

ELI5 what’s sloppy Joe day at work mean? It’s next Wednesday

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 25d ago

ELIC - Everyone knows the top letter on the eye chart is always *E*. Why don't they switch it up to make it more of a challenge?

27 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 26d ago

ELIC: Dad, why would someone want to put a cap in my ass? They wouldn't be able to wear it on their heads anymore.

5 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 26d ago

ELIC: Dad, girls are groSS. So why do you live with Mom?

11 Upvotes

And don't go on about the bikini-clad stewardesses this time.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 27d ago

ELIC: Why do we start yawning when someone else yawns? Same with dogs - they yawn when we yawn, too. What gives?

10 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 28d ago

ELIC: Why does matter and anti-matter destroy each other?

12 Upvotes

Can't they just get along?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • 29d ago

ELIC: Why is the alphabet arranged that way?

20 Upvotes

You’d think there wouldn’t be an order for it.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Oct 13 '26

ELIC: Hey Dad, what's "the game" and how do you lose? Because someone keeps making dumb Reddit posts about losing the game

14 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Oct 11 '26

ELIC: Why are they called bowling "alleys"?

27 Upvotes

They're well-lit, clean, lots of people having fun, nothing like an alley between 2 streets!