Boing Boing, April 22, 2026

Sawdust, cannabis, and Boards of Canada

Photo: Mark Frauenfelder

Happy Wednesday! A 19th-century doctor overdosed on cannabis and watched his arms shrink to five inches. Also today: a 1946 plan to feed the world with sawdust, a mysterious mound in Siberia, and the first Boards of Canada album since 2013.

In 1884, a doctor ate too much cannabis and his arms shrank to five inches

Ellsworth Toohey …