Day: 23 December 2014
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TIL that in 1967 a brand of foot powder was elected mayor of a town in Ecuador
Picoaza is a relatively small village near Ecuador’s Pacific coast. It's the site of an archaeological treasure: a settlement dating back before the time of Christopher Columbus. It's also a rather poor area, where clean drinking water, sewer systems, and telephone service are inadequate at best.
It is also the only town in the known world …