TIL that inventor of an early version of the lie detector machine, William Marston, is also the creator of the comic book character Wonder Woman. He gave her a lie detector of her own in the form of the magical Lasso of Truth.

https://www.marintheatre.org/press-release-details/220/a-biography-of-william-marston-creator-of-wonder-woman-web-exclusive-extended-version
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