Dude, Your Footprint Is Huge!
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-----Ever wonder how much�stuff you go through during your lifetime? [ABC News]
So did ABC�s 20/20. Here�s a sneak peek at a special they�re running tonight on all of your stuff.
� 13,056: Number of pints of milk you�ll drink in your life.
� 87,520: Number of slices of bread you�ll eat.
� 28,433: Number of showers you�ll take.
� 3,796: Number of diapers your baby will wear.
� 22,455: Number of gallons of water it would take to wash all of those diapers.
� 1.5 million: Number of houses built in America every year.
� 64: The number of trees that died to make that house.
The 20/20 special will also show what people are doing in the attempt to make their footprints on the earth just a little smaller. Tune in, it should be pretty good.
Wonder how much time we spend watching television programs about how wasteful we are?
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