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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 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.

In this project, a new innovative pharmacy model, Big Data and Computing, was developed with the use and consideration of robotisation and extensive automation. This new form of pharmaceutical care was perceived as more pleasant by patients due to the personal approach and also showed better results. Despite the positive results for patients, wholesalers did not want to cooperate.

People who have been in contact with a person infected with the coronavirus could be warned via an app. The Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport was to choose the best app from 7 candidates. Unfortunately, all apps turned out to be unsuitable. There were shortcomings in terms of privacy and it was also not clear what exactly the app should be able to do.