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Total student loan debt outstanding

correlates with

Choking deaths on food in the US

r = 0.995100% · 2005-2021
Total student loan debt outstandingChoking deaths on food in the US

These two datasets have a 100% correlation over 2005-2021. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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