Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Energy drink sales in the US

correlates with

Average NFL player salary

r = 0.98799% · 2005-2023
Energy drink sales in the USAverage NFL player salary

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2005-2023. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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