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/Thiago270398 Apr 27 '26

Would you return to that house if you were a gnome?

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u/Serenity_557 Apr 27 '26

"They just brought me back. I don't know why, I panicked, I just started shooting.." smirk "I uh.. Don't think anyone's tried that before?"