Origin(s) of the name. Although the name of the candy bar sounds nearly identical to the name of the famous baseball player, Babe Ruth, the Curtiss Candy Company has traditionally claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland.
â It takes around 1,800 gallons of water to grow enough cotton to produce just one pair of regular olâ blue jeans.â Thatâs more water than it takes to make a ton of cement or a barrel of beer (although Iâm sure some of you do not consume this yet).
Meat on our dinner plates takes a tremendous amount of water to produce. Data from The Water Footprint Network tell us it requires about 1,799 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef, 468 gallons per pound of chicken, 576 gallons per pound of pork, and 880 gallons per gallon of milk.et, taken together, our aggregate behavior is the source of these problems. An individual home can waste 10,000 gallons of water a year to leaking fixtures; as a nation, we lose one trillion gallons of water to leaks.