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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.

The worst air disaster ever occurred on the runway of the airport on the Canary Island of Tenerife. Two Boeings collided there at full speed. One Boeing did not have take-off clearance yet, but other circumstances also played a role. It was very foggy and there was confused communication with the control tower. Since then, flying has become much safer. Airline staff are allowed to make mistakes and admit them, so that everyone can learn from them.

In 2018, the idea arose to launch an English-language extension of the magazine De Correspondent, a digital platform for journalism: The Correspondent. Editor-in-chief Rob Wijnbergen and publisher Ernst-Jan Pfauth started campaigning and this became a success. Unfortunately, the magazine lost many subscribers during the coronapandemic and the expansion stopped on 1 January 2021 due to financial reasons.

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.