Portal:Biography/Did you know/11

... that combat medic David B. Bleak (pictured) was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Korean War after killing five Chinese soldiers, four using only his hands?
... that Indonesian writer Clara Ng was reportedly able to read The Adventures of Tintin by kindergarten?
... that Elmer Stricklett is considered to have been the first baseball pitcher to master the spitball?
... that U.S. Air Force weather officer J. Murray Mitchell investigated the Arctic haze and became an eminent climatologist commemorated by the Mitchell Glacier?
... that Alexis Bachelot, who led the first Catholic mission to Hawaii, was suspected of being a covert agent of the French government by some Hawaiian chiefs?
... that Olympic athlete Arthur Keily ran over 130 miles (210 km) a week to train for marathons?
... that after the death of François de Pâris in 1727, many people reported miracle cures through convulsions by consuming the earth around his grave?