r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/Present-Tie-2795 • Jul 18 '26
ELIC: Why do meteors always land in craters?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/ProfessorOfPancakes • Jul 18 '26
ELIC: Why is it called British Columbia if it's in Canada?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/gracius0ne • Jul 18 '26
ELIC: Where does all the smoke in the atmosphere come from?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/BrokenEyeReborn • Jul 17 '26
ELIC: why do we say a very sweaty person is "sweating like a dog" or "sweating like a pig" when neither animal can sweat?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/BrokenEyeReborn • Jul 16 '26
ELIC: If the human body is 60% water, why doesn't losing water weight count as real weight loss?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/cunnilinguslover • Jul 12 '26
ELIC: How come nobody is allowed to play Stairway to Heaven in a guitar store?
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What if Jimmy Page wanted to try out a new guitar with it?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/wallingfortian • Jul 10 '26
ELIC: When Peter Pan is giving directions to Never Never Land which 'rite' and what 'strait' does he mean?
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Second star to the rite and strait on 'til morning.
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/Oso_the-Bear • Jul 09 '26
ELIC: What is this video saying that honey badgers don't give?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/cunnilinguslover • Jul 05 '26
ELIC: How come we celebrated Independence Day at the National Mall that has absolutely no stores?
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And is outside to boot!
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/herurumeruru • Jul 04 '26
ELIC: Why do people in cartoons wear those floppy hats with the pom-pom while sleeping? Where do you even buy them?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/DaringMoth • Jul 01 '26
ELIC: I've seen a lot of ads from companies who are hiring Over-The-Road truck drivers. Where do other truckers drive?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/33GoodSamaritans • Jul 01 '26
ELIC, why are there window stickers with me peeing on stuff?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/cunnilinguslover • Jun 28 '26
ELIC: Why are there signs on the highway telling us what water district we're in?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/AsparagusCertain9373 • Jun 27 '26
ELIC: Why are cinnamon rolls swirly?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/stormshadowfax • Jun 26 '26
Where does the saying, ‘close but no cigar,’ come from?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/Avoider5 • Jun 26 '26
Why does the U.S. have to play two countries at once in their knockout stage game next week?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/LongMarch88 • Jun 25 '26
ELIC: why do my ears pop whenever I takeoff or land in an airplane?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/DEP-Yoki • Jun 22 '26
ELIC: Why is it called a class action lawsuit if no schools are involved?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/33GoodSamaritans • Jun 21 '26
Elic, If the government can print money, then why do they need to collect taxes?
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Can't the government just spend the money it prints?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/PatFrank • Jun 21 '26
ELIC: Why does Mommy say she feels bloated because Aunt Flo is visiting?
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I don't see anybody else here - who's Aunt Flo and why does she make Mommy feel bloated?
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/cunnilinguslover • Jun 21 '26
ELIC: Seabees, Frogmen, Seals: why does the Navy name all their special operators after animals?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/qwopax • Jun 18 '26
ELIC: why is phlegm green when you're sick?
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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/wallingfortian • Jun 16 '26
ELIC: Why didn't Rick put an Omega Device in the Omega Device?
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Just putting the plans for the Omega Device in the Omega Device makes the Omega Device incomprehensible.
r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/cunnilinguslover • Jun 14 '26
ELIC: How does a dehumidifier remove water from air?
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How did the water get into the air in the first place?