Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Average NFL player salary

correlates with

US nutrition and energy bar retail sales

r = 0.98999% · 2005-2022
Average NFL player salaryUS nutrition and energy bar retail sales

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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