Like much of the previous research on coffee, the study was based on survey data -- in this case, a single questionnaire distributed in the mid-1990s -- that may provide an incomplete picture of the participants' overall health and lifestyle.

CNN: Coffee drinking linked to longer life

In case our word isn't good enough for you, research firm Oliver Wyman has just completed a study which found that 85% of the 1, 000 global participants used their DVR to skip at least three-quarters of all commercials.

ENGADGET: Research affirms that DVR owners do indeed blaze by commercials