Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Typewriters sold

correlates with

IRS audits completed

r = 0.96897% · 2015-2022
Typewriters soldIRS audits completed

These two datasets have a 97% correlation over 2015-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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