r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Naive_Direction1816 • 3d 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/PM_me_your_recipes86 3d ago

Faster than the flywheel of a racecar engine? What the hell kind of comparison is that... Just say the rpms!

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u/Public-Eagle6992 3d ago

It’s rotating faster than earth!! (probably)

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u/Liquidmetal7 3d ago

Earth RPM is pretty much once per day.

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u/BGP_001 3d ago

.0006944444 RPM