Strange but true: Dec. 28, 2017

* It was German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein who made the following sage observation: “The hardest thing to understand is why we can understand anything at all.”

* If you’re planning a trip to South Africa, you might want to keep in mind that there are 11 official languages there.

* It is customary in India for those who celebrate Christmas to decorate a banana or mango tree — evergreens being in rather short supply in most parts of south Asia.

* Those who study such things say that a normal cat has 230 bones in its body, but it doesn’t have a collarbone.

* You’ve almost certainl...