Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Per capita cheese consumption in the US

correlates with

Average NFL player salary

r = 0.98599% · 2005-2022
Per capita cheese consumption in the USAverage NFL player salary

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2005-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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