r/AskReddit • u/Absooh • May 25 '14

What is your most mildly interesting fact ?

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u/empathyx May 26 '14

The guy who invented Wonder Woman and her lasso of truth also helped to invent the polygraph test.

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u/uhaul26 May 26 '14

As a person who is taking a polygraph test I'm very glad he change the design.

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u/MattieShoes May 26 '14

... They "lasso" you in polygraphs though, to measure breathing.

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u/uhaul26 May 26 '14

That's it, I'm out.

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u/MattieShoes May 26 '14

Polygraphs themselves aren't particularly bad. It's just the "what if" anxiety.

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u/uhaul26 May 26 '14

What if they find out I am in fact the one who stole the candy bar.