Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets sold

correlates with

Food allergy anaphylaxis hospitalizations

r = -0.99299% · 2002-2012
Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets soldFood allergy anaphylaxis hospitalizations

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2002-2012. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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