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What's something that's not common knowledge but you think everyone should know? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by Lianrepl@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Specifically thinking of stuff that make your life better in the long run but all kinds of answers are welcome!

I've recently learnt about lifetraps and it's made a huge positive impact on how I view myself and my relationships

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[โ€“] angrystego@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Mitochondria (the famous powerhouse of the cell) is a symbiotic bacteria that became so entangled with our cell that neither can now live without the other. Sorry to everyone who knows, in some regions this is not common knowledge. Knowing this makes your life immensely better because it's such a cool fact.

[โ€“] RatzChatsubo@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Mitochondria is basically a bacteria that got stuck in our cells and found a symbiotic function inside us. Fun fact: the mitochondria has its own DNA and is used in lineage tracking.

[โ€“] fubo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The mitochondrion apparently turns out to be a relative of the bacterium that causes typhus. At some point, an intracellular parasite evolved into an intracellular symbiote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-mitochondrion

[โ€“] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the first children conceived with 3 parents happened relatively recently. Genetics from traditional mum and dad and another set of mitochondrial DNA from another donor.

[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 1 year ago

This is amazing. Do you have a link? I'd love to read more

[โ€“] reiver@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago

@RatzChatsubo @angrystego

DNA sometimes moves from mitochondria to the cellular nucleus.

This can lead to speciation.

[โ€“] jxk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here's another fun fact: The proper singular of "mitochondria" is "mitochondrion".

[โ€“] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, wait, does that work for bacteria too?

[โ€“] Squids@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nearly - a single bacteria is a bacterium. There's some Latin rule going on here but I'm not sure I'd reccomend going into those weeds

[โ€“] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's 'easy', bacterium is Latin and mitochondrion is Greek

[โ€“] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Mind blown, thanks!