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beautifully meaningless correlations

Satellite launches per year worldwide

correlates with

Americans identifying as LGBTQ+

r = 0.92492% · 2012-2023
Satellite launches per year worldwideAmericans identifying as LGBTQ+

These two datasets have a 92% correlation over 2012-2023. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Satellite launches per year worldwideucsusa.org
Americans identifying as LGBTQ+news.gallup.com
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