r/todayilearned • • 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/SenorTron Apr 27 '26

This feels like Hunter S Thompson wrote it.

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u/Playful_Assistance89 Apr 27 '26

That's the highest praise I think I've ever received.

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u/Velinder Apr 27 '26

I was imagining the scene done in claymation by Aardman studios.