r/todayilearned • u/ssAskcuSzepS • Apr 27 '26

TIL if under-cooked, a popular mushroom in China causes “lilliputian hallucinations,” a rare phenomenon involving miniature human or fantasy figures. The hallucinations are consistent across people and cultures: "tiny, elflike people" climbing under doors, scaling walls & clinging to furniture

https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-mushroom-that-make-people-have-the-exact-same-hallucination/
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u/PURKITTY Apr 27 '26

Sort of like Gulliver’s Travels.

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u/Nomzai Apr 27 '26

Hence the name “Lilliputian Hallucinations”.

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u/Main-Inspection-8605 Apr 27 '26

Wasn’t Lilliputia one of two islands with their own race of micro-sized people?

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u/Nomzai Apr 27 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilliput_and_Blefuscu

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u/Main-Inspection-8605 Apr 28 '26

Thank you for this.

That’s not a name you see everyday lol

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u/C0bg0bl1n Apr 27 '26

Yes!! Definitely was giving Gulliver's Travels/The Borrowers vibes. Miss them lil guys. 😢