Django ORM and TestCase

I was wondering how django.test.TestCase and the ORM interact. If I create a databased backed object in a TestCase, the ORM can "see" the object when I query for it, as expected.

from django.test import TestCase
class MyTests(TestCase):
    def test_where_is_my_obj(self):
        MyObj.objects.create(...)
        self.assert(MyObj.objects.count(), 1) # this is true as expected

But let's say I put a break point right before the assert statement. If I were to connect to the test database directly using let's say "mysql -u myuser -p test_database_that_django_made", the myobj table is empty. How does the ORM know about this uncommited object? And, how can I see this object in the database shell?

Note: I can get mysql shell to "see" myobj if I use TransactionTestCase instead (which proves that TestCase isn't committing?) but it's extremely slow compared to TestCase.

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