4Chan Made Kim Jong Un Time Readers’ Person of the Year

4Chan has manipulated Time's 2012 Man of the Year Reader Vote to make Kim Jong Un the winner, among other things. More about the incident can be read here.

io9 Roundup of Superhero, Political and Futurist Articles, Part 7

Today we've got a roundup of recent, relevant, and few just really cool, articles from the science, science fiction and fantasy blog io9.com. Stay tuned for all the parts.

• A world map of average life expectancy by country. How does your nation rank?
• Harry Houdini’s incredible book about home science experiments — free online!
• Mapping Nobel Prizes and Notable Laureates
• Christopher Nolan originally approached Heath Ledger to play Bruce Wayne
• Here’s Stan Lee’s latest sad superhero-based project
• These creatures live in a lake that’s been sealed beneath ice for 2,800 years
• Why we all secretly want the apocalypse to happen
• Watch Dan Harmon’s surprisingly inspirational keynote speech on the death of television
• Name that pair of Superhero underwear
• Science Fiction Under Totalitarian Regimes, Part 2: Tsarist and Soviet Russia
• No, the North Korean government did not claim it found evidence of unicorns
• The Hostess Fruit Pie ad Sandman and the Endless never made
• Serbian village council issues warning that a vampire may be on the loose
• The original Batmobile is going on sale January 19th
• DeLorean taxi takes you to your appointment across town and half an hour ago
• Find out when your house will be overtaken by rising seas