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Trained Catholic exorcists in the US

correlates with

US homeschool students

r = 0.91592% · 2005-2021
Trained Catholic exorcists in the USUS homeschool students

These two datasets have a 92% correlation over 2005-2021. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Trained Catholic exorcists in the USsalon.com ↗
US homeschool studentsnces.ed.gov ↗
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