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With biomass plants, the government wanted to ensure that the climate targets would be met. The government set aside 10 billion euros for the construction of 628 biomass plants. Objections to the biomass plants soon arose: they would not be as CO2-neutral as was assumed and there would be more useful ways to use the biomass.

In 1905, the popsicle was invented by eleven-year-old Frank Epperson. He made a drink with water and some soda powder that he stirred through with a stick. Because his mother told him to go to sleep, he left the drink. When he woke up the next morning, it had frozen and the drink with the stick in it was frozen too. This was the first popsicle.

Columbus was looking for a faster sailing route to the Dutch East Indies. He planned to sail there via the West. With the financial support of the Spanish Queen Isabella, his ships left for the West, but instead of finding a new route to the Dutch East Indies there, he found the undiscovered continent of America.

The Mars Climate Orbiter was to carry out research on Mars. Two different teams were working on the mission. Due to a miscommunication about which numerical unit was used, contact with the spacecraft was severed and never recovered.

Sometimes there is still hope for patients who have exhausted all treatment options. Medical treatments that are still under development can provide them with the necessary health benefits. myTomorrows (mT) links patients and doctors to medicines that are under development. It sounds simpler than it is.

Before Linie Aquavit gets sold it has a long boat journey from Norway to Australia and back. This all started by accident in the 1800s. An export attempt failed and got sent back which resulted in a richer flavor.