Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Daily newspaper circulation

correlates with

Trained Catholic exorcists in the US

r = -0.95195% · 2005-2021
Daily newspaper circulationTrained Catholic exorcists in the US

These two datasets have a 95% correlation over 2005-2021. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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