Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Divorce rate in Maine

correlates with

US candle market retail sales

r = -0.97798% · 2002-2022
Divorce rate in MaineUS candle market retail sales

These two datasets have a 98% correlation over 2002-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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