Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Marvel Cinematic Universe annual US box office

correlates with

Chinese students studying abroad

r = 0.90991% · 2010-2019
Marvel Cinematic Universe annual US box officeChinese students studying abroad

These two datasets have a 91% correlation over 2010-2019. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Marvel Cinematic Universe annual US box officeboxofficemojo.com
Chinese students studying abroaden.moe.gov.cn
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