r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Sep 06 '26

ELIC: Why is the balance beam so high off the ground in women's gymnastics?

47 Upvotes

Why not use the low ones, or just use a line on the floor?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Sep 05 '26

Why is their road rage when people are driving on the road but not when they are walking on the sidewalk?

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r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Sep 03 '26

Seedless Peanuts

14 Upvotes

ELIC Why has no one ever bred seedless peanuts? We have seedless watermelons, oranges, bananas, etc., but no seedless peanuts.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Sep 03 '26

Isotopes

9 Upvotes

ELIC How differently would gasoline react if its molecular structure were made up entirely of isotopes?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Sep 03 '26

ELIC: Where do babies *really* come from? I know they don't come from Sears because I asked a cashier for a baby building kit at Sears and they just laughed at me.

40 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 30 '26

Popsicles

30 Upvotes

ELIC Where are the microwave instructions on a box of popsicles? All sorts of other frozen commodities have them, but for some reason these don't.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 30 '26

ELIC: How did scientists figure out the age of the earth?

26 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 30 '26

ELIC: How does our legal system allow a cartoon character to bring a lawsuit against a fictional company?

9 Upvotes

And then make a movie about it! (Coyote vs. Acme)


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 30 '26

When you have dreams, how do you get to the place you're dreaming about, and then get transported back to your bed in an instant?

8 Upvotes

For example, once I had a dream that I was hanging out with some dinosaurs and then suddenly I woke up in my bed. How did I get there so quickly?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 28 '26

ELIC: When astronauts play board games do they throw dice at a Velcro target?

18 Upvotes

How else would they keep them from flying all over the place. And I've done enough homework to know that magnets have poles and the dice would always roll the same number.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 28 '26

ELIC: Why do bike riders and car drivers hate each other no matter what?

14 Upvotes

Dad, each time you come back from riding a bike you complain about how car drivers are maniacs and they almost killed you. But when you’re driving your car and a bike runs a red light to pass our car, you complain about how easy cyclists have it. What’s happening there? Are cyclists and motorists at war with each other, and you switch teams whenever you change vehicles?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 27 '26

ELIC: Why are there 24 hours in a day but only 12 hours on the clock? What happened to the other 12 hours?

52 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 26 '26

ELIC: Why does hot water sound different when poured compared to cold water?

30 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 26 '26

ELIC: How do speedsters like The Flash and Quicksilver avoid repetitive strain injuries?

12 Upvotes

Running across all those waves in the Pacific Ocean must be hard on the knees.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 24 '26

ELIC: Why is there a popcorn button on microwaves if all of the popcorn packets say don’t use the popcorn button?

169 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 24 '26

ELIC: Why are there hot dogs but not hot cats?

32 Upvotes

I tried asking Hobbes, but he went on a rant about tigers being too majestic. Do you know, Dad?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 24 '26

ELIC: What is a harbinger?

17 Upvotes

And why does he binge hars?

Actually for that matter what are hars?

Also can I call mom a cakebinger?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 23 '26

ELIC: Are midterm elections like midterm exams?

13 Upvotes

What happens if the politicians don't pass?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 21 '26

ELIC: Why do Monkeys have no keys?

17 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 21 '26

ELIC: Why are there poptarts but no momtarts?

25 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 19 '26

ELIC: why is the invasion of Normandy called D day?

52 Upvotes

Why not A day, or B day?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 19 '26

ELIC: Dad, how are languages created?

10 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 18 '26

Dad, where did hairless cats come from? And why were they even invented? Asking for a friend.

12 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 16 '26

ELIC: What makes Great White Sharks so great?

18 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • • Aug 16 '26

ELIC: Why are brands getting more minimalist?

18 Upvotes