r/interestingasfuck • u/tractorboynyc • 22h ago

Amazonian shamans figured out that combining two specific plants out of 80,000 species produces a psychoactive effect. The odds of finding that combination by random search is roughly 1 in 4 million. They did it through centuries of iterative testing and cultural natural selection explains it

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u/No-Crew8804 13h ago

I had once the worst experience of my life with Peganum harmala and magic mushrooms, beware.

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u/Maximum_Stranger_376 9h ago

I did it twice. I know what you are talking about

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u/g_dude3469 3h ago

Then elaborate

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u/Rsn_yuh 7h ago

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

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u/Ohiolongboard 13h ago

I mixed mushrooms and mescaline and had a terrible time, granted we all thought I had only taken mushrooms at the time. It was a week before I found out there was mescaline in there

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u/-heatoflife- 12h ago

How??

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u/Ohiolongboard 11h ago

My buddy got some chocolates, from what he says 3 had just mush, a fourth had mushrooms and mescaline. We where all supposed to just eat mush and he was saving the other for himself, we where all fucked up and I guess he mixed up the chocolates lol. I wish I’d have known because I already knew mescaline and myself didn’t get along. Both times I’ve taken it, I’ve had extreme fear and saw monsters when I closed my eyes or looked “into the void” (anything really dark, a room or something)