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Merge 104.8 | 15 October 2026
The average person will drink almost 57,000 cups of coffee during their adult life, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 adults found people drink an average of two-and-a-half cups a day, while 7% consume five or more. And all that adds up to more than 92 hours a year — almost four full days spent on coffee.
The end of the world is coming next month. Apparently. A scientific study from the 1960s has raised eyebrows with a prediction linked to Friday the 13th. Published in the journal Science, the research suggested Earth’s population could reach an impossible level on November 13th this year, if growth continued unchecked. But despite the alarming date, the study was a mathematical projection, not a prediction that humanity would end.
Archaeologists say they’ve discovered the world’s oldest shipwreck off the coast of Turkey. The vessel is believed to be between 4,000 to 4,700 years old, around the time the Great Pyramid of Giza was being built. Although the wooden ship has disappeared, ceramic storage pots remain on the seabed, some still containing traces of their original contents.
