Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Near-Earth asteroids discovered per year

correlates with

Pedestrian traffic fatalities

r = 0.95195% · 2005-2022
Near-Earth asteroids discovered per yearPedestrian traffic fatalities

These two datasets have a 95% correlation over 2005-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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