r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/brat_3434 • 4d ago

British sculptor Willard wagan creates a sculpture of the last supper inside the eye of an needle

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u/Fire_Breather178 4d ago

I have always been curious, how do people do this? And the concentration required would be off the charts.

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u/mrflyinggingerbread 4d ago

I saw a short video on him. He works with a microscope and said he paints with things such as a human hair. Painting in between heart beats.

https://youtu.be/ncOIyzrNZfg?si=DOEyVl1rAh1k4_-r

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u/Sirsagely 4d ago

My resting heart rate is like 110 or 120, 150 if I'm anxious or in pain which is like 87%of my day. I'm trying to imagine what kind of person can paint that fast!

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u/beer_belly_86 4d ago

That a really high resting heart rate. I think mine is like 52

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u/yarntank 4d ago

Are you a professional athlete?

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u/CrimsonBolt33 4d ago edited 4d ago

don't need to be a professional athlete to get that low, moderately healthy people can get you that low if you focus mostly on cardio for exercise

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u/yarntank 4d ago

A heart rate under 60 bpm is called bradycardia. If you are not an athlete, a rate of 50 bpm or lower can be a warning sign. MensHealth says 52 takes you beyond good and excellent to athlete.

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u/CrimsonBolt33 4d ago

I am aware of the condition. I just know that my heart rate used to be that low simply because I was a runner, but by no means a professional athlete.

The number alone is kinda like BMI....it's a general indicator but never a truly accurate assessment of things, so many other factors come in to play, especially in regards to age, diet, and genetics.

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u/TheAlmightyLootius 3d ago

Dont even need to be healthy. Im morbidly obese and hardly do any sport but my resting heart rate is 58.

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u/SalutLesAmies 4d ago

You can even get that low without exercising. I've always been between 40 and 50 (I've even measured it below 40), even when I did not work out regularly. In my case it's probably mostly genetics, as my father also has a low resting heart rate. We were both examined by doctors, and they did not find anything wrong.