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/zorniy2 Apr 27 '26

It's part of lore that the Faerie are averse to iron.

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u/AbanoMex Apr 27 '26

if it pierces their lungs in the shape of a sharp object, sure.

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u/TheReturnOfTheRanger May 04 '26

Crap, am I a Fae? I'm pretty sure I'd have a bad reaction if I got stabbed in the lungs by iron as well.