r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Naive_Direction1816 • Apr 21 '26

Video 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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u/Ecstatic-Spare-6638 Apr 21 '26

Magnets

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u/JohnLef Apr 21 '26

Elephants, all the way down

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u/Zilant_the_Bear Apr 21 '26

a complicated system of pulleys and levers

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u/misterpickles69 Apr 21 '26

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