TIL: Last year scientists discovered a bacteria of such relatively huge size that it’s easily visible to the naked human eye.

First found in the swamps of Guadeloupe, Thiomargarita magnifica is around 1cm in length, which is over 5000 times larger than the average microbe. It’s apparently above the theoretical limit of how large we thought bacteria should be able to grow.

When compared to most bacteria, it would be like a human encountering another human as tall as Mount Everest.

Here’s a photo via the Guardian, which describes them as the size of human eyelashes.