Hit of History

06/09/2025

06/07/2025

06/07/2025

Before modern refrigerators, Russian and Finnish people would keep live brown frogs in their milk to keep it fresh. It was found that the secretions made by the frogs basically act as antibiotics, killing bacteria, and keeping the milk fresh and safe to drink.

06/07/2025

Toilet in medieval castle, known as garderobes, were cleverly designed for practicality, privacy, and waste disposal.

Built into walls, they often protruded over moats, rivers, or cliffs to dispose of waste efficiently. Some castles had tiered latrines leading to collection points, with waste repurposed as fertilizer.

06/06/2025

In May 1987, the Golden Gate Bridge's 50th anniversary drew a staggering crowd of around 800,000 attendees, far surpassing the anticipated 80,000 that event planners had prepared for.

06/04/2025

A train station in Japan had plans to close but discovered that a student was the only one using it. For her, they kept the station running until she graduated high school.

The Kyu-Shirataki train station in Hokkaido, Japan, was kept open for three years for Kana Harada, a high school student who used it to commute to school.

The station was scheduled to close in 2016 due to low ridership. However, the station staff discovered that Kana was the only regular passenger and decided to keep it open for her.

The train stopped at the station twice a day, once to take Kana to school and once to bring her home. The train schedule was adjusted to match her school hours.

The station closed on March 26, 2016, the day Kana graduated.

The story became a symbol of the value of education and the power of small acts to make a big impact. Citizens applauded Japan's dedication to education. However, some mourned the decline of Japan's rural railways.

06/04/2025

The “no-bra” movement in the 1970s, part of the feminist wave challenging societal norms.

05/30/2025

Crazy facts about history they don't teach you in school

03/04/2025

Penguin egg whites turn clear when boiled because the glycoprotein that would typically make chicken eggs white, ovalbumin, is less present in penguin eggs. there is more of another glycoprotein, called penal albumin. This makes the egg more cold resistant.

03/03/2025

Russians used live brown frogs to refrigerate their milk, apparently the frogs’ skin released antimicrobial substances that stopped bacteria from growing.

10/28/2024

A man named Dale Schroeder grew up poor in Iowa, never married, had no children, and worked as a carpenter at the same company for 67 years and only owned two jeans. He spent his life savings to send 33 students to college.

Today, the 33 strangers have formed a group and call themselves "Dale's kids." Comprised of doctors, teachers and therapists, they honor Schroeder for changing their lives.

10/27/2024

Safety Standards in 1960s