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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.

How do you ensure successful cooperation with microfinanciers in the distribution of solar energy systems? Ensure enthusiastic and serious cooperation between the representative of the solar company in the field and those who liaise with end users about financing.

Volunteers built a staircase covered with plants between the Centraal Museum and the canal in Utrecht. For three years, they worked with all their might on the staircase and the work of art cost 243,800 euros. Now a contract worker from the municipality of Utrecht has accidentally removed all the plants, not realising that it was a work of art.

Guitarist Ry Cooder and producer Nick Gold had everything arranged for the recording of African-Caribbean fusion with their band. Unfortunately, the Malian musicians who were to join the company lost their passports when they applied for their visas. Rather than face the prospect, new musicians were found for the recordings and the album became a huge success.