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23.7M members. The best post we have captured here reached 45.8K upvotes, which works out to 2 per 1,000 members.
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ELI5:How after 5000 years of humanity surviving off of bread do we have so many people within the last decade who are entirely allergic to gluten?
ELI5: It's with a heavy heart that we have an announcement
We call upon Reddit to take action against the rampant Coronavirus misinformation on their website.
ELI5: How did we get to the point where laptops and smartphones are in the same price range?
ELI5: Stock Market Megathread
ELI5: So how does the the human brain ignore the second the?
ELI5: Why can people walk many miles without discomfort, but when they stand for more than 15 minutes or so, they get uncomfortable?
ELI5: There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There are also infinite numbers between 0 and 2. There would more numbers between 0 and 2. How can …
ELI5 Why is 12 hour time even taught? Wouldn’t it just be easier to remember 13:00 instead of 1:00pm?
ELI5: Military officers swear to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not the President
Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.
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