Now QI tells me that the idea of the electronic tracking bracelets used on prisoners was invented by a judge who got the idea from a Spiderman comic. Awesome. (Also that Kingpin was originally a Spiderman villain who moved over to Daredevil. I did not know this, though Jonathan Ross did.)
And the creator of Wonder Woman lived in a polygamous relationship.
And that a guy who went undercover in the KKK got the producers of the Superman radio show to write an episode where Superman fights the KKK, and that it completely slammed the recruiting numbers of the KKK.
And that Wonder Woman's truth lasso inspired the lie detector, though I'm not sure I believe that one.
From what I hear, one of the perks of being rich is getting lots of free stuff.
Yeah, that whole concept sort of rubs me raw.
And that Wonder Woman's truth lasso inspired the lie detector, though I'm not sure I believe that one.
Not quite, but William Moulton Marston created them both.
(But his lie detector work pre-dates his creation of Wonder Woman.)
And Roald Dahl helped design some sort of brain valve that's saved the lives of at least 3,000 children.
that whole concept sort of rubs me raw.
Well, it's harder to seduce people that can command a lot of money. Great benefits packages, free meals, relaxed dress codes (or strict ones, depending on the people) are differentiating factors. Factory workers don't need to be seduced.
And that Wonder Woman's truth lasso inspired the lie detector, though I'm not sure I believe that one.
Wonder Woman's creator, William Martson was a psychologist who invented a component used in the modern polygraph test.
So I'm bored and clicking OED's loss for words thing, which is the equivalent of opening the dictionary and pointing to a random word.
Just got a lovely little one:
nevermas, n. A time or date which never comes.
Well, it's harder to seduce people that can command a lot of money. Great benefits packages, free meals, relaxed dress codes (or strict ones, depending on the people) are differentiating factors. Factory workers don't need to be seduced.
Makes sense. Still rubs, though.
