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Emojis in the Unicode standard

correlates with

Near-Earth asteroids discovered per year

r = 0.98999% · 2015-2023
Emojis in the Unicode standardNear-Earth asteroids discovered per year

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2015-2023. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

Emojis in the Unicode standardunicode.org
Near-Earth asteroids discovered per yearcneos.jpl.nasa.gov
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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