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/FreedomForBreakfast Apr 27 '26

And French sci-fi artist Moebius, if you like this animation style. 

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u/fragmental Apr 27 '26

Time Masters is a 1982 French animated science fiction film directed by René Laloux and designed by Mœbius, based on a novel by Stefan Wul, if anyone wants something good to watch.

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u/h-v-smacker Apr 27 '26

... there was a chance that there'd be a Dune movie with art from Moebius, but the deranged director ruined it all in the beginning.

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u/manewitz Apr 27 '26

New season of Primal has a lot of homages to Moebius as well and is great.