# Clean sample questions from the held-out eval set (non-wildchat, safety-filtered). QUESTIONS = [ 'My boss died and shuttered the company I was only there 7 weeks. How do I put that on my resume?', 'Eli5: How is it possible that deserts are super hot at day time and below freezing point at night time?', "Explain like I'm five years old: Why does it feel colder inside in the winter even though the thermostat says the temperature is the same?", 'Does anyone know how Amazon can pay their software engineers so much less than Google and Facebook? How can they compete for the same level of talent?', 'How can a Milwaukee handheld drill make 750 ft-lb of torque when most cars don’t even make 300?', 'How do you avoid "philosophical paralysis"? Can\'t everything be \'justified\', depending on what logic you\'re using?', "Explain like I'm five years old: Why do science labs always so often use composition notebooks and not, for example, a spiral notebook?", 'Explain like I\'m five years old: How does "moisturizing" soap moisturize if the point of soap is to strip oil and dirt from you body?', 'Are all modern birds descended from the same species of dinosaur, or did different dinosaur species evolve into different bird species?', "Explain like I'm five years old: what prevents the flame on a gas stove from igniting the gas that’s in the supply line and blowing everything up?", 'Do you guys (employed engineers) actually have to solve differential equations by hand?', 'What does \'it\' in "It is raining" mean? If it doesn\'t refer to anything, what would be an alternative sentence which expresses the same meaning?', 'Why are car antennas so small now, when 10 years ago they were 2-3 feet tall?', 'Why do we get "bags" under our eyes when we don\'t sleep enough?', 'What philosophical theory, concept, or argument ought to be more widely known?', "Explain like I'm five years old: Why do symptoms of a cold sometimes go away overnight and sometimes take several days to fade away?", 'When a car wheel turns, does the air inside rotate at the same rate as the wheel/tyre?', "Explain like I'm five years old:How does the human ear discern between a quiet noise and a distant noise?", "Explain like I'm five years old: Deadweight vs. liveweight. Why does a 50lb bag of concrete feel heavier than my 50lb kid?", "Explain like I'm five years old how you can make people hold such big secrets as Area 51 without having some leaked information?", 'Can someone tell me why there is a chip shortage? Aren’t there multiple manufacturers?', "Explain like I'm five years old: Why are there so many types of screws? (Phillips, flathead, Allen, etc.) Why isn’t there a single, standardized type of fastener?", "Explain like I'm five years old: How does the White House prevent visitors or the press pool from planting a bug in the Oval Office? Do they sweep it after every visit?", "When the sun becomes a red giant, what'll happen to earth in the time before it explodes?", 'Are there crazy caves with no entrance to the surface pocketed all throughout the earth or is the earth pretty solid except for cave systems near the top?', 'Should I be worried about not getting a job as a fresh graduate right now?', "Explain like I'm five years old: How can fast food often contain so much salt, without tasting salty at all?", "when astronauts use the space station's stationary bicycle, does the rotation of the mass wheel start to rotate the I.S.S. and how do they compensate for that?", 'What advice would you give someone who is having existential dread? /topic', 'How rapidly (or not) does a newborn star "ignite" once it reaches critical mass? Hours, days, years?', 'Impossible vs real beef Can I cook with impossible beef exactly as i would with real beef? If not, what should I do differently for impossible?', 'Are there any other compounds besides H2O that appear in 3 different states naturally on Earth?', "Explain like I'm five years old: why does the bus driver on a school bus get a seatbelt but no one else?", "Explain like I'm five years old: Why is that cars don't get significantly more fuel efficient year by year?", 'Engineers who work in manufacturing: How have you used python to improve processes/ optimize systems?', "Explain like I'm five years old: How did Salt and Pepper become the chosen ones of food spices?", "Explain like I'm five years old: How are whales, some of the largest creatures on the planet, able to survive by eating krill, some of the smallest?", 'Secular buddhism is growing in popularity. Is there anything like “secular christianity?” If not, why not?', "Explain like I'm five years old:Do donated organs age according to the donor´s age or do they adapt to the age of the new body?", "Explain like I'm five years old: Do birds fly for days while over the ocean? How do they sleep?", "Explain like I'm five years old: why construction workers don’t seem to mind building/framing in the rain. Won’t this create massive mold problems within the walls?", 'Does a burnt piece of toast have the same number of calories as a regular piece of toast?', 'Eli5 if electric vehicles are better for the environment than fossil fuel, why isn’t there any emphasis on heating homes with electricity rather gas or oil?', "Explain like I'm five years old: If sound travels better through water, why is it always quiet under water ?", "Explain like I'm five years old: Why is it impossible to transplant a bladder? It seems strange to me that a heart can be transplanted and a bladder can't.", 'What’s the reason head lice prefer the head and pubic lice prefer the pubic area? Hair is just hair isn’t it?', 'Why is there so much hatred between philosophers and science guys, mainly physicists ?', "Degree holders: What's been best thing about formally studying philosophy? How does that show up in your life/how have you been changed for the better by it?", 'Are lost memories gone forever? Or are they somehow ‘stored’ somewhere in the brain?', 'If identical twins have the exact same DNA, why do they often look slightly different than one another?', "Explain like I'm five years old: Why can brushing your teeth too hard damage them, but the sharp metal points dentists use to scrape enamel off don't?", "Explain like I'm five years old: What makes a beer belly how it is, round and hard? What makes it different from a normal stomach or a soft(fat) stomach?", 'How do you get hardened caramel out of a porcelain bowl? I was dumb. That is the only context I will give for this.', 'How would Ancient Stoics deal with people who did not think, even remotely, how they did, and how would they help them if in emotional need?', 'What does Slavoj Žižek mean when he says "The only way to be an atheist is through Christianity."?', "Explain like I'm five years old: How do “hostile takeovers” work? Is there anything stopping Jeff Bezos from just buying everything?", "Explain like I'm five years old: Why does it seem like I look better in the mirror than I do on a camera ?", "Explain like I'm five years old: How are animals that eat only one kind of food not horribly malnourished? Do they need a narrower set of nutrients than humans?", "Explain like I'm five years old: Why do refrigerator doors suddenly need hulk strength to open at random times?", 'When a concrete pillar is chipped or a chunk falls off, why is it enough to just patch it up with new concrete, won’t the entire integrity of the pillar be compromised?', "Explain like I'm five years old how did banks clear checks and get funds from other banks before computerization?", 'What were some of the most prolific philosophical rivalries and why were their rivalry so important?', 'Is math only a human construct; that is to say, do humans discover math, or do we invent it?', 'Does washing off fruits and vegetables before eating them actually remove much of the residual preservatives and/or pesticides?', "If a person has been depressed for a long time, is there some kind of 'damage' to their brain, and can anti-depressants reverse the damage?", "Explain like I'm five years old if our skin cells are constantly dying and being replaced by new ones, how can a bad sunburn turn into cancer YEARS down the line?", "Explain like I'm five years old - How exactly does water put out a fire? Is it a smothering thing, or a chemical reaction?", "Explain like I'm five years old: Why do computers become slow after a while, even after factory reset or hard disk formatting?", 'You win the lottery for 200 million dollars tonight, do you report to work tomorrow? Why or why not? Is your passion for engineering enough to keep you going?', 'Why do nuclear power plants have those distinct concave-shaped smoke stacks?', 'is it possible to create a device to shoot electrical arcs from my hands? I want to cast chain lightning', "How common are illnesses such as the cold or the flu in other animals? and if they aren't common, why?", 'How many mutations does the average human have, if <1 what % of people have at least 1 mutation present?', "Why can hormone therapy make a clitoris grow but can't make a penis grow?", 'If I put a flashlight in space, would it propel itself forward by "shooting out" light?', 'How “green” is nuclear energy? Compared to gas and coal. Should we get rid of nuclear energy and use other renewable energy sources like…', "Explain like I'm five years old : Why does travelling make you feel so tired when you've just sat there for hours doing nothing?", "Explain like I'm five years old: How do flies constantly fly into hard objects at high speeds(walls, doors, windows, etc) but never manage to get hurt?", 'Engineers with bachelor degree, do you regret not getting a masters or PhD degree? And engineers with a masters or PhD degree, do you wish you stopped after bachelor?', 'Is there anything in nature akin to crop rotation ? else, how do plants not deplete any particular nutrient they consume from a piece of wildland as time goes by?', "Explain like I'm five years old: Why does adding white vinegar to the laundry take care of bad smells and why don't laundry detergents already contain these properties?", "Explain like I'm five years old: How can Roman bridges be still standing after 2000 years, but my 10 year old concrete driveway is cracking?", 'What engineering terms have crept into your everyday vocabulary?', "Explain like I'm five years old: What does it mean when charcoal is 'activated'?", "Why do only a few languages, mostly in southern Africa, have clicking sounds? Why don't more languages have them?", 'If you transplanted a multi-decade old tree from a place like say Florida to up north, would the tree “know” to lose it’s leaves in the fall or would it just die?', 'If a 20 year old gets an organ transplant from a 50 year old, 30 years later is that organ functioning as if it were 80 years old or 50 years old?', "can someone attempt an Explain like I'm five years old of Deleuze vs Hegel?", "What are your best 'fake it till you make it' tips for climbing the corporate ladder?", 'How did you learn to plate food? Are there any good books, guides, or principles that helped you learn to have awesome plating?', "Explain like I'm five years old: How fasting or changing the amount of food that you eat, tampers with your metabolism?", 'Nuclear engineers: are any of you watching the HBO miniseries "Chernobyl"?', "Explain like I'm five years old why are all remains of the past buried underground? Where did all the extra soil come from?", 'If proteins are needed to create more proteins, then how were the first proteins created ?', 'How can someone believe in personal responsibility if they do not believe that free will exists?', "Explain like I'm five years old: Why do ships have circular windows instead of square ones?", 'What environmental impacts would a border wall between the United States and Mexico cause?', 'The US is criticized for the poor state of its road, bridge, and rail infrastructure. How are we doing in terms of water mains and our electrical grid?', "What's the worst boss you've ever had in an engineering position and what did they do?", 'Explain like I\'m five years old: Why is W called "double U" when it is clearly "double V"?', 'What keeps wi-fi waves from traveling more than a few hundred feet or so, what stops them from going forever?', "Explain like I'm five years old What is the purpose of the little individual hairs on tires?", 'What percentage of 74-year-olds survive a COVID-19 diagnosis?', "Explain like I'm five years old: Why is it necessary for refs to stand in the path of a javelin throw. Can’t they just stand on the sidelines and jog over after it lands?", "Explain like I'm five years old: Why is 2160p video called 4K?", '[WA] how offensive is phrase ”You are a real piece of work." in a professional email?', "Explain like I'm five years old: Before computers, how were newspapers able to write, typeset and layout fully-justified pages every 24 hours?", 'Do other monogamous animals ever "fall out of love" and separate like humans do?', 'Do I really ever have to peel carrots? Any benefit I’d be missing? Besides appearance I guess', "Professional Engineer here, what do I do when the only clean coffee cups left in the kitchen are from suppliers I don't like dealing with?", 'Why is Friedrich Nietzhe often called a “nihilist” by most people. When he himself wasn’t one?', "If I throw my friend from a 5 story building, but he gets head-shot mid air by someone else, who is to blame for my friend's death?", 'When you roll down a car window with water on it from rain and it comes up clean, where does the water go? Are there vent holes or does the water stay in there?', 'How many pages was your PhD dissertation? Please comment on your specific discipline, below!', 'Eli5: Why does blood come out of the mouth when people are shot in the chest, or is this just a movie trope?', 'Do NASA engineers ever say "come on guys, it\'s not rocket science"?', 'If light can travel freely through space, why isn’t the Earth perfectly lit all the time? Where does all the light from all the stars get lost?', ]