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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.

To meet the Paris climate targets, European agriculture must become more environmentally friendly. To achieve this, the European Union spent tens of billions in subsidies. Despite the large investments, little or no progress is being made. Member States do not want to cooperate on stricter rules and the livestock population is far too large.

While testing a drug for heart failure, it turned out that the drug did not work against it. Pfizer found out that the drug had another side effect: it produced renewed potency and erections in men. Pfizer changed its strategy and tested the pills as an erection pill, with great success, because since then they have been sold on a large scale worldwide.

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.