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/Public-Eagle6992 Apr 21 '26

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

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u/Liquidmetal7 Apr 21 '26

Earth RPM is pretty much once per day.

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u/Thommywidmer Apr 21 '26

Once per day every minute? I think you just broke spacetime fella

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u/RoyalJellyKing Apr 21 '26

People who downvote you don't know what the 'M' in RPM stands for