As one of the 100th Bomb Group’s “Masters of the Air,” Major John C. Egan not only flew the most dangerous missions alongside his men, but he also hand wrote personal letters to the families of men who got shot down. 100th Photo ArchivesThe 100th Bomb Group lost so many members that at 27, Major John Egan was considered one of its “ancients” and a mentor figure to the replacement crew members.

Through breeding, kidnapping, and even murder, the Nazis' Lebensborn program aimed at creating a super race of Germanized children.Bundesarchiv, Bild/Wikimedia CommonsA baptism performed under a Swastika. Among the cruelest policies put forward by the leaders of Nazi Germany — the ghettos, the concentration camps, the gas chambers — the Nazi Lebensborn program takes up a comparatively small portion of the public consciousness. The reason, perhaps, is that the Lebensborn program was the inverse of Hitler’s genocidal policies.

From George Washington Carver to Madam C.J. Walker to Lonnie Johnson, meet some of the most iconic African American inventors who shaped history.Getty/Wikimedia CommonsWithout these Black inventors, modern-day life in America might’ve looked very different. American history is peppered with some of the greatest inventive minds in the world. But the long history of racism in the United States has led to many Black inventors being discriminated against or marginalized just because of the color of their skin.

Kendra Licari was charged with five crimes, including two counts of stalking a minor and obstruction of justice.Isabella County Police DepartmentKendra Gail Licari worked as a basketball coach at her daughter’s school during the period in which she was harassing several teens. A Michigan woman was arrested on December 12 after allegedly catfishing and harassing two teens in a year-long cyberbullying campaign — and one of the teens was her own daughter.

Duchenne de Boulogne (right) and a colleague use electrical probes to manipulate the facial muscles of one of their test subjects.Adrien Tournachon/Wikimedia Commons "Pleasure"Adrien Tournachon/Wikimedia Commons Duchenne de Boulogne and a colleague use electrical probes to stimulate the facial muscles of a test subject.adoc-photos/Corbis via Getty Images "Astonishment, stupefaction, amazement"Adrien Tournachon/The Metropolitan Museum of Art "Ferocious cruelty"Adrien Tournachon/The Metropolitan Museum of Art Adrien Tournachon/The Metropolitan Museum of Art Duchenne de BoulogneWikimedia Commons "