Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets sold

correlates with

Per capita sugar consumption in the US

r = 0.96396% · 2005-2012
Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets soldPer capita sugar consumption in the US

These two datasets have a 96% correlation over 2005-2012. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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