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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.

A search for a way to give all 4,500 residents of the Overvecht district of Utrecht (The Netherlands)- 95% tenants, 5% private tenants and owners - an induction hob, without it costing them anything. This seemed to be (unjustifiably) low-hanging fruit for the 'natural gas-free in 2030' mission.

The aim of the COSMIC study is to determine the appropriate treatment in patients with central cord syndrome without evidence of spinal injury. To investigate this, a multi-centre randomised study was chosen. After one and a half years, only one patient was eligible for this study, whereas it was hoped that around twenty patients would be included.

The yellow fever mosquito in South America transmits several diseases in large numbers, including the dengue virus, the yellow fever virus, chikungunya and the Zika virus. The cost of dengue on Aruba is high and many agreed on the need for these actions. It was not possible to raise the intended amount; more than half was promised, but that was all. More parties were sceptical and eventually the project was stopped.