Mighty Mighty

1 · isaacs · Nov. 18, 2009, 11:20 p.m.
Here’s a freaky thought: Mitochondria. Think about that shit. It’s got its own DNA. It’s like a completely separate bunch of organisms living inside all your cells. Way back in the pre-cambrian, some single-celled ancestor of ours swallowed some other single-celled thing, and was like, “I’m keeping it as a pet!” And now we have this little bacteria-type thingie living inside each of our cells. Say hi to your cells’ pet: ...