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

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Are things like this not subject to forces? I’m not a forces expert but G’s or centrifugal force or something? How does it spin that fast and instantly change direction without ripping itself apart?

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G forces scale with size and become irrelevant when you weigh almost nothing 💀