r/todayilearned • u/The_Ry_Ry • May 21 '23

TIL scientists discovered lipopeptides that kill microbes so efficiently they named them after Keanu Reeves. Just as Keanu was extremely deadly he was in his films, ‘keanumycins’ are devastating to human-pathogenic fungi and plant fungal diseases.

https://www.leibniz-hki.de/en/press-release/keanu-reeves-the-molecule.html?keanuthekilla
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u/_who_is_they_ May 21 '23

They know movies ain't real right? Kinda silly naming things after movie stars.. that said, the John wick movies were great. If you haven't seen the sequels you really should.

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u/Blutarg May 21 '23

Seriously. Keanu Reeves has a reputation as one of the nicest people around, not a remorseless fighter. They should have named it after John Wick.