Spurious

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Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets sold

correlates with

US online dating industry revenue

r = -0.98398% · 2003-2012
Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets soldUS online dating industry revenue

These two datasets have a 98% correlation over 2003-2012. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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