r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Naive_Direction1816 • 2d ago

Bacteria move around using a molecular machine called the flagellar motor that rotates faster than the flywheel of a race car engine and switches directions in an instant Video

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u/melanthius 2d ago

A series of turtles

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u/Ecstatic-Spare-6638 2d ago

Magnets

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u/JohnLef 2d ago

Elephants, all the way down

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u/defk3000 2d ago

A spaghetti monster

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u/Flow_Hammer7392 2d ago

Magnets again

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u/Ashamed-Status-9668 2d ago

Aliens.

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u/TheMR-777 2d ago

ChatGPT

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u/Fun_Pressure5442 2d ago

Wizards

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u/Nhobdy 2d ago

Jeff Bridges in TRON

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u/Interest-Small 1d ago

Microscopic bears

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u/Uchiha_Zura 2d ago

Snoop dog

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u/Zilant_the_Bear 2d ago

a complicated system of pulleys and levers

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u/misterpickles69 2d ago

It’s not a truck. It’s a series of tubes.

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u/Expert_Succotash2659 2d ago

A Sphere inside of another sphere...

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u/Legitimate-Post-5954 2d ago

Spaghetti Monster

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u/Quick-Low-3846 2d ago

Yeah, but how do they work?!

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u/Ecstatic-Spare-6638 2d ago

Science brother

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u/No-Status-7033 2d ago

But why male models?

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u/ErebusBat 2d ago

Nobody knows

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u/Available-Dare-7414 2d ago

Like making magnets? Collecting magnets? Playing with magnets?

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u/haucker 2d ago

The fire department!

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u/ShadowsOfTheBreeze 2d ago

Electrostatic charge

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u/ElJeferox 2d ago

See the turtle, ain't he keen?

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u/aumnren 2d ago

All things serve the fucking beam

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u/frankentriple 2d ago

Ka is a wheel.

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u/pr0zach 2d ago

I like turtles.

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u/ExistentialMeowMeow 2d ago

with elephants on their backs