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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.

Developing a good update does not always go smoothly. This went wrong for Windows 10, the Apple Homepod and Microsoft Office. The fact that everyone can configure their device according to their personal preferences makes each device unique, which makes it difficult to come up with an update that will not cause problems for all devices.

The aim of the MEE Samen project is to use social networks to strengthen an organisation's care. An attempt was made to find an organisation that was willing to embark on the experiment of using social networks (in a different way). Unfortunately, this was not successful. There were positive reactions, but it was seen as something interesting for the long term and not for now. Time, money and the unfamiliarity of working with social networks were important barriers.

It was going to be the year of the Golden Grand Slam for tennis player Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 in the world rankings. For a Golden Grand Slam, he must win all four grandslam tournaments that year and the Olympics. He won the first three grand slams, but during the Olympics he missed the boat, so a Golden Grand Slam was out of the question. A Calender Slam is still possible. Then he lost the US Open final and his dream went up in smoke.