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).
âYouâre still using water at a much faster rate than itâs being recharged.â. Rapidly declining. That nearly 45 million-acre-foot decline in the Ogallala Aquifer equates to about 14.6 trillion gallons of water over 45 years.Thatâs enough â if the average American uses, conservatively, about 69 gallons a day â to meet the Lone Star Stateâs entire municipal water needs for roughly 20 years.Youâre still using water at a much faster rate than itâs being recharged.â. Rapidly declining. That nearly 45 million-acre-foot decline in the Ogallala Aquifer equates to about 14.6 trillion gallons of water over 45 years.