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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.

Russian researchers wanted to study the flight routes of eagles, with the aim of increasing the chances of survival of this endangered species. One of the eagles decided to take a tourist route across the steppe - one of the few places in the world without GPS coverage - and reappeared in Iran: a country with a high SMS rate. This left the researchers with no money to follow the other eagles. Fortunately, donors and the provider came to their rescue.

To lure tourists, the Chinese village of Xianfeng wanted to get monkeys to the village. When the monkeys came, it all seemed to go well. However, the project got completely out of hand when the investor died. There were no more financial resources to manage the plan and maintain the monkeys.

Umbrellas were marketed with the term "shit umbrella" in reference to the idea that managers and product owners should be the "shit umbrellas" for their team. They should ensure that their staff is protected from bureaucratic trivia. There was very little enthusiasm for the umbrellas, as the term 'shit umbrella' did not appear to be appealing enough to the public.