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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.

Offshore company Heerema teamed up with a British and a Norwegian company in a joint venture to remove vacant oil platforms from the North Sea. The oil companies were initially enthusiastic about their innovative methods, but still did not prioritize the project, which would be very expensive and bring them little money.

Facebook began a project called Aquila in 2014. The plan was to provide Internet to sparsely populated areas in Africa using drones that would fly on solar power. This way, Facebook could also get more users. Unfortunately, the plan turned out to be more complex than previously thought and the project has since been discontinued.

Zoom became instantly popular during the corona pandemic. During the lockdowns, everyone wanted to use the handy programme to make video calls. The enormous increase in users led to problems in the areas of privacy and security. These errors damaged Zoom's image: many parties no longer want to use the programme. Zoom is working hard to solve the problems.