Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Letters mailed by the US Postal Service

correlates with

Adults who believe in astrology

r = -0.997100% · 2002-2022
Letters mailed by the US Postal ServiceAdults who believe in astrology

These two datasets have a 100% correlation over 2002-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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