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Top posts this week

The 10 highest-scored posts from the last 7 days — ranking by real score over a week naturally filters out posts that got removed shortly after posting.

PostScorePosted
ELI5 : How does milk form inside the breast, and why does it only form during pregnancy?—3h ago
ELI5 why golden retrievers are better people than 90% of anyone I ever knew?—3h ago
ELI5: How does "wasting water" actually work?—3h ago
ELI5: Why does cold water taste so much better than room temperature or hot water?—3h ago
[ELI5] Why does cold water taste so much better than room temperature or hot water?—3h ago
ELI5: Why do car engines tend to have an even number of cylinders but ships often seem to have odd numbers like 3, 7 or 9 cylinders? How do the engineers who design engines decide that 7 cylinders might be better than 6 or 8 for a ship’s engine?—4h ago
ELI5 - How do massages heal the body?—5h ago
ELI5: In formal logic, what is the difference between the law of noncontradiction and the law of excluded middle?—6h ago
Eli5 how smoke is considered a gas but contains solids like ash?—6h ago
ELI5 - Why can't goods be priced by percentage of buyer's income?—6h ago

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