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Ever since the housing crisis began, Americans have gotten used to hearing a word that only used to apply to the very desperate --- foreclosure. In the past, the word summoned to mind images of abandoned, dilapidated homes with boarded windows, a vacant porch swing and the occasional tumbleweed.Those days are over now, and the foreclosed home in move-in condition is an increasingly common sight today. It seems like something that can happen to anybody, including famous people. The idea that cele

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Orange

Water Cost: 13.2 gallons
One glass of orange juice requires nearly 45 gallons of water to produce—the same mount of water it takes to refine one gallon of crude oil.

Source: WaterFootprint.org, UNCTAD

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