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Biomass plants

Climate

Government

Biomass power plants: redundant or inevitable?
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.

Food

Icecream

The first popsicle
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

History

Discovery journey

Columbus discovers America
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.
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China

Tourism

From tourist attraction to monkey infestation
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.

American Airlines

Flying

Unlimited first class flying with the Unlimited AAirpass
In 1981, American Airlines introduced a pass that allowed unlimited first class flying around the world: the Unlimited AAirpass. It cost $250,000 and for an additional $150,000 you could take an extra passenger. The pass was discontinued after a few pass owners made a lot of use of their pass and the airline began to make huge losses.

Streaming

Quibi

Quibi streamed, but not well
Two initiators wanted to establish a new streaming service specifically for mobile use on the go. The content consisted of short movies of six to ten minutes. 1.75 billion was raised from investors and big names were brought in for the production of the content. Yet the platform did not catch on with the public and the plug had to be pulled.