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Would you drink eel soda? How about curry or pickled plum soda? We’ll tell you about a company in Japan, Kimura Beverage, that makes these unusually flavored beverages! This week there are also stories about Pepper Apollo, who starting collecting snails as pets and now has 150 of the creatures; a couple who have created their own animal sanctuary near Ranthambore Tiger Reserve; and a California woman who got a big surprise when she tried to transplant her succulent. There are quotes from Benjamin Franklin and George Sand; trivia about Yale University, IKEA, and Doctor Zhivago; and your weekly horoscope. In "Did You Know..." you'll learn about the first ambulance, NHL trailblazer Jordin Tootoo, Sonja Henie, and Tsunamis.