It takes approximately one gallon of water to process a quarter pound of hamburger. 39,090 gallons are used to manufacture a new car, including tires. 2,072 gallons of water is used to make four new tires.
Water acts as a natural insulator to regulate the earth's temperature.
A person can live more than a month without food, but can only live approximately one week without water, depending on conditions. A birch tree gives off 70 gallons of water per day in evaporation. A cornfield of one acre gives off 4,000 gallons of water per day in evaporation. The first water pipes in the U.S. were made from charred, bored logs. Two to seven gallons of water is used to flush a toilet.