r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/wallingfortian • 3d ago
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/EnIrregularVerbs • 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?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/cunnilinguslover • 7d ago
ELIC: how come it's not easy being green?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/Accomplished_Egg4194 • 7d ago
ELIC: Why do so many of the continents point south?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/talk_is_overrated • 11d ago
ELIC: What can you do in Japan in 5 minutes?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/EnIrregularVerbs • 11d ago
ELIC: Why don't sea lions live close to where lions live?
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 • u/000700707 • 13d ago
ELIC: why is “nats” spelled gnats, “nife” knife, and new-mone-eya” pneumonia, but autumn just totally leaves out the n sound?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/cunnilinguslover • 14d ago
ELIC: Fish Ladders?
How do they climb them without hands?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/ucnkissmybarbie • 14d ago
What Do Peeps Taste Like?
A friend asked me to describe what Peeps taste like and I need help describing this abomination of a creation.
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/Toyhawk88 • 15d ago
ELIC: if brocoli is so healthy for you, why can’t they make it taste good?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/Walter-Brown- • 18d ago
ELIC why do birds get to fly and not us and where do birds fly to?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/YakClear601 • 20d ago
ELIC: who is general Tso?
And why do we eat his chicken?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/FancyStegosaurus • 20d ago
ELIC Why is car fuel called "gas" when it's obviously a liquid?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/cunnilinguslover • 21d ago
ELIC: Why do they call it "playing" an instrument when you have to practice constantly and it's hard to learn?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/RemarkableMap2567 • 22d ago
ELI5 what’s sloppy Joe day at work mean? It’s next Wednesday
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/Affectionate-Art9780 • 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?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/sjbluebirds • 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.
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/sjbluebirds • 26d ago
ELIC: Dad, girls are groSS. So why do you live with Mom?
And don't go on about the bikini-clad stewardesses this time.
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/sjbluebirds • 27d ago
ELIC: Why do we start yawning when someone else yawns? Same with dogs - they yawn when we yawn, too. What gives?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/cunnilinguslover • 28d ago
ELIC: Why does matter and anti-matter destroy each other?
Can't they just get along?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/thejellliboi • 29d ago
ELIC: Why is the alphabet arranged that way?
You’d think there wouldn’t be an order for it.
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/No-Supermarket-6065 • 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
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/cunnilinguslover • Oct 11 '26
ELIC: Why are they called bowling "alleys"?
They're well-lit, clean, lots of people having fun, nothing like an alley between 2 streets!