Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Per capita bottled water consumption

correlates with

Americans who believe the Earth is flat

r = 0.99499% · 2014-2022
Per capita bottled water consumptionAmericans who believe the Earth is flat

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2014-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

Per capita bottled water consumptionbottledwater.org
Americans who believe the Earth is flattoday.yougov.com
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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