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Boing Boing, April 16, 2026

LSD turns 83, your brain invented that color, and other Wednesday news

Boing Boing
Apr 16, 2026
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Photo: Mark Frauenfelder

Happy Wednesday! Today marks 83 years since Albert Hofmann accidentally absorbed a trace of LSD through his skin and took the world’s first psychedelic trip. We also have your brain gaslighting you about color perception, a beanie that reads your mind, earbuds that read food labels, and three men whose crime spree culminated in s…

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