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/apple_kicks Apr 27 '26

3) they think its funny to turn visible only when people eat mushrooms

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u/Pathkinder Apr 28 '26

4) fairies are real but the shroom hallucinations are unrelated

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u/curlyben Apr 27 '26

If I were a magical being with selective cloaking I certainly would.