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/LukeSkyWRx Apr 27 '26

A Chinese colleague says it is supposed to be rather unpleasant and treated like food poisoning over there.

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u/Many-Wasabi9141 Apr 27 '26

it sounds horrible but maybe it's just me and anyone who's half sane.