Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you.

• Hey, not only is there a poverty gene, there's also a God gene, which makes it far more likely that you'll believe in greater spiritual forces. So, just go to your local geneticist, get those both removed, and you'll be an elite rich atheist in no time! (Via)
• The history of oil, from the man most qualified to explain it to us - a British stand-up comedian! The video is very long (about 45 minutes), and we'll admit we didn't have time to watch the whole thing, but the bit we have seen is biting, clever, and funny. (Via)
• We had the list of the top 50 Marvel characters a little while ago, so of course now we also need the top 52 DC characters. Number one and two are of course, inevitably, Batman and Superman, and this Phillyist writer, being a Batman person himself, is very happy that the caped crusader took the coveted number one spot (if you're interested in a comparison of the two, check this out). We were surprised and a little alarmed to see the Green Lantern so low - or high, depending on how you look at it (46) - before we realized that multiple Green Lanterns were on the list, and that one of them took the number 14 spot, which is more like it. So yeah, seems like a pretty decent list to us. (Via)