Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Total US butter consumption

correlates with

US bowling centers

r = -0.99099% · 2002-2022
Total US butter consumptionUS bowling centers

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2002-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

Total US butter consumptioners.usda.gov
US bowling centerscensus.gov
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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