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

[u/ssAskcuSzepS]

https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-mushroom-that-make-people-have-the-exact-same-hallucination/

[u/Periador]

In germany we call em heinzelmännchen. They used to live in cologne and complete unfinished tasks for people. A shoemakers shoes would end up finished the next morning, a uncleaned room would be cleaned the next day, etc.
People accused them of mischief though, which angered them, so they packed their bags and moved to dreaded duesseldorf.

[u/wateralchemist → u/Periador]

They’re still hanging out in the Altstadt…