Scientists Identify Mushroom That Makes You Hallucinate ‘Tiny People’
📍 Where it landed
[ { "epilogue": "Scientists identified a wild mushroom species in China and the Philippines linked to historical reports of hallucinations involving tiny people. DNA evidence connected the current phenomenon to the same visions previously documented in 1934.
Following initial coverage, the story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the media." } ]
Epilogue added 8d ago, after coverage quieted.
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The story so far
- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 7 distinct news outlets with 7 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 5.
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"Scientists Identify Mushroom That Makes You Hallucinate ‘Tiny People’" developed substantial multi-source reporting across the Science sector, tracked across 7 distinct newsrooms by Newsylist.
Key reporting was led by Yahoo, Mid-Day, timesofindia.indiatimes.com and BBC Science Focus Magazine. Coverage velocity and cross-outlet momentum were measured using Newsylist open coverage telemetry.
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The reporting (7)
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The Mushroom That Summons Tiny People Yahoo · 60d ago
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Scientists Identify Mushroom That Makes You Hallucinate ‘Tiny People’ Gizmodo · 60d ago broke it first
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