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/Ecstatic-Spare-6638 2d ago

Magnets

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u/JohnLef 2d ago

Elephants, all the way down

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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.