November 18, 1883 is when railroads across the United States adopted a uniform system of time, more or less getting all of us in sync with each other. But what was time like before then? Plus: Japan has had cat cafes, hedgehog cafes and bunny cafes. Now there's a minipig cafe!
Time! (Library of Congress)
Standard Time Zones In U.S. Mark 100 Years (New York Times)
The Adoption of Standard TimeIan R. Bartky (Technology and Culture)
Mipig Harajuku: We visit the new micro pig cafe in Tokyo (Sora News)