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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.

In 1899, a skeleton of a Diplodocus was found during an expedition by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. From this skeleton Carnegie had eighteen casts made and donated them to world leaders. In this way he wanted to ensure world peace. The casts were gratefully accepted and exhibited by the world leaders. Unfortunately, the heads of state saw the "Dippy" as their own dinosaur and not much later World War I broke out.

The worst air disaster ever occurred on the runway of the airport on the Canary Island of Tenerife. Two Boeings collided there at full speed. One Boeing did not have take-off clearance yet, but other circumstances also played a role. It was very foggy and there was confused communication with the control tower. Since then, flying has become much safer. Airline staff are allowed to make mistakes and admit them, so that everyone can learn from them.

Lovers wanted to operate a hydrogen-powered canal boat on the Amsterdam canals. The development of the boat cost more than 2 million, but unfortunately the boat does not sail. It proved difficult to get a hydrogen filling station installed, the municipality of Amsterdam became more and more enthusiastic about electric vehicles instead of hydrogen-powered ones, and on top of that a new law was introduced whereby the boat no longer met the length requirements.