Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Active geocaches worldwide

correlates with

Per capita coffee consumption in the US

r = 0.90791% · 2005-2022
Active geocaches worldwidePer capita coffee consumption in the US

These two datasets have a 91% correlation over 2005-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Active geocaches worldwidenewsroom.geocaching.com
Per capita coffee consumption in the USers.usda.gov
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