Spurious Correlations

May 1, 2014: US spending on science, space, and technology correlates with Suicides by hanging, strangulation and suffocation. Number people who drowned by falling into a swimming-pool correlates with Number of films Nicolas Cage appeared in. Per capita consumption of cheese (US) correlates with Number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bed sheets. Divorce rate in Maine correlates with Per capita consumption of margarine (US).
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