Just because two variables seem to relate, it doesn’t mean one causes the other. Or as they say in statistics: Correlation does not imply causation.
US spending on science, space, and technology
correlates with
Suicides by hanging, strangulation and suffocation
.
Divorce rate in Maine
correlates with
Per capita consumption of margarine (US)
.
Number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bedsheets
correlates with
Total revenue generated by skiing facilities (US)
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