Strange But True: Nov. 30, 2017

STRANGE BUT TRUE

* It was 20th-century French journalist, poet, aristocrat and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery — best known for his novella “The Little Prince” — who made the following sage observation: “A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

* Eggplants weren’t always the deep purple color we know today; originally, the vegetables were white. The color, paired with the ovoid shape, is how the eggplant got its name.

* If you live in Rochester, New York, you’re doubtless used to dealing with the hazards a...