Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Dollar store locations in the US

correlates with

US candle market retail sales

r = 0.99599% · 2005-2022
Dollar store locations in the USUS candle market retail sales

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2005-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

Dollar store locations in the USdollargeneral.com
US candle market retail salescandles.org
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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