This guy has put together a couple thousand random statistics and searched for correlations between them.
Tyler Vigen's Spurious Correlations
There are some truly weird ones that seem to track very well together - here are some that seemed particularly amusing.
Shouldn't this last one lag long enough for undiagnosable Check Engine lights and biodegradable wiring to become a factor?
Correlation is not causation!
Sorry, but I had to throw that in because every internet thread with a statistics/chart conclusion must have one asshat throw that out even when it's clearly a joke... and it's my turn.
Carry on.
statistics are fun. 90% of them are made up on the spot!
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Correlation is not causation! Sorry, but I had to throw that in because every internet thread with a statistics/chart conclusion must have one asshat throw that out even when it's clearly a joke... and it's my turn. Carry on.
But what's the fun in that? It ruins any good theories on why Nicolas Cage movies cause people to drown in their swimming pools! 
Lies Damned Lies
And Statistics
9 out of 10 people enjoy gang rape.
On average, humans have one testicle and one ovary.
50% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
I am trying to figure out how someone dies from becoming tangled in their bedsheets.
93EXCivic wrote: I am trying to figure out how someone dies from becoming tangled in their bedsheets.
Meanwhile, I have something new to worry about.
Knurled wrote:93EXCivic wrote: I am trying to figure out how someone dies from becoming tangled in their bedsheets.Meanwhile, I have something new to worry about.
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