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SpaceX rockets and MrBeast? This website connects the weirdest dots

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Did you know that the number of Catholic exorcists in the U.S. is correlated with the U.S. GDP per capita? Does this mean that demonic activity is driven by U.S. prosperity? Of course not. But—put your tinfoil hats on—the numbers sure make it seem possible if you squint hard enough. That’s what Get Spurious is all about: statistically true but logically meaningless correlations. This website uncovers bizarre, pointless, sometimes hilarious connections between real-world statistics. As the name suggests, it specializes in spurious correlations , where two unrelated things appear to follow the…

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    SpaceX rockets and MrBeast? This website connects the weirdest dots

    Did you know that the number of Catholic exorcists in the U.S. is correlated with the U.S. GDP per capita? Does this mean that demonic activity is driven by U.S. prosperity? Of course not. But—put your tinfoil hats on—the numbers sure make it seem possible if you squint hard...

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