Though Abraham Lincoln had four sons, his last undisputed direct descendant, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, died in 1985, apparently ending the family line.Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and MuseumRobert Todd Lincoln Beckwith alongside his sister, Mary “Peggy” Lincoln Beckwith. When Abraham Lincoln died in 1865, felled by an assassin’s bullet at the end of the Civil War, he left behind a considerable legacy. But Lincoln did not leave behind many descendants. In 1985, the president’s family line ended with the death of Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith.

In 1959, Ruth Handler invented the Barbie doll to help young girls dream about their futures — and changed the American toy industry forever.Jeff Christensen/Getty ImagesBarbie creator Ruth Handler circa 1999. Barbie is one of the most recognizable names in the world, and it’s all thanks to a woman named Ruth Handler. In 1959, when Handler invented Barbie, the doll quickly took the world by storm. Never before had a doll like Barbie been sold on store shelves — busty, blonde, and most importantly, adult.

Talented Kids: Priyanshi Somani Source: Omnisoft Group Priyanshi Somani began studying mental maths at the age of six. In 2010, at age eleven, Somani was the youngest participant at that year’s Mental Calculation World Cup. Not only did she win the competition, but to date she is also the only participant who achieved 100% accuracy in addition, multiplication and square roots. Source: N TV Somani is the daughter of rich businessman Satyen Somani.

Solomon Perel presented himself as Josef Perjell and even joined the Hitler Youth in order to avoid death at the hands of the Nazis during World War II.Solomon Perel/U.S. Holocaust Memorial MuseumSolomon Perel in 1943, during his time with the Hitler Youth. At the age of 16, Solomon Perel faced an impossible choice. Captured by a group of Nazi soldiers who demanded to know if he was a Jew, Perel decided to obey his mother’s advice — “to live” — and not his father’s, to “always remain a Jew.

"Ain't nobody finna help you, you dumb b*tch," one of the witnesses yelled. "You shouldn't have got in there."The Florida ponds where teens filmed a man drowning. “Get out the water, you gonna die,” a teen yelled as a disabled man struggled to stay afloat in a Florida pond. The witnesses — aged 14 to 16 — laughed as they listened to Jamel Dunn’s cries for help. They recorded the stranger’s July 9 death on a smartphone and posted the video to social media.