Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

People killed by lightning

correlates with

Bald eagle nesting pairs in the US

r = -0.91992% · 2006-2021
People killed by lightningBald eagle nesting pairs in the US

These two datasets have a 92% correlation over 2006-2021. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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