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Dev tools · January 19, 2021

ELI5 (Explain like I'm five)

The subreddit r/explainlikeimfive as a Medium Publication

ELI5 (Explain like I'm five) launched on January 19, 2021 with 11 votes, #1,038 of 3,157 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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What it does

The popular subreddit r/explainlikeimfive questions and answers curated and made categorized and searchable

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