Portal:Biography/Did you know/13


 * ... that Prince Antasari (pictured), who led a war against Dutch colonists for over three years, was ultimately defeated by smallpox?
 * ... that Tonya Butler, while playing for the University of West Alabama under head coach Randy Pippin, became the first female to score a field goal in an NCAA college football game?
 * ... that the partitioning of the state of Jin, during the reign of Duke Chu, is often considered the start of China's Warring States period?
 * ... that Shlomo Moussaieff owns rare gemstones worth millions of dollars, including a flawless blue diamond and the world's largest known red diamond?
 * ... that baseball pitcher Darin Downs had to regain the ability to speak after being hit in the head by a batted ball?
 * ... that in 2013, Singaporean politician Desmond Lim set a new record for the lowest percentage garnered in an election since the independence of Singapore in 1965?
 * ... that due to his role in the national uprising, Bahraini human rights activist Mohammed al-Maskati received a number of death threats?