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IRL (In Real Life) => General Discussion => Topic started by: Con on May 12, 2014, 03:44:35 PM

Title: spurious correlations
Post by: Con on May 12, 2014, 03:44:35 PM
For those of us who like wonky graphs

My favorite is chicken and US crude oil imports.  I suspect those chickens are doing a lot of driving!

http://www.tylervigen.com/

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Con
Title: Re: spurious correlations
Post by: Staggerwing on May 12, 2014, 06:11:49 PM
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All those Alabama widows collecting survivor benefits through a dead lineman-husband are now free to marry his double-crossing best friend/co-worker!



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Angry wheelchair-bound seniors are coming to grief after trying to get up and bash their TVs during those over-the-top attack ads.