According to the spurious correlations website (https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations), there is a 0.952407 correlation from 1999 to 2010 between people who drowned after falling from a fishing boat and the marriage rate in Kentucky.This shows that:
A) the data are somehow wrong.
B) survivors of drowning victims like to get remarried in Kentucky.
C) people married in Kentucky do not know how to swim.
D) A strong correlation may be meaningless and just a coincidence.

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A strong correlation between two variables does not necessarily mean that there is a meaningful relationship between them. This correlation may be just a coincidence or affected by a third unknown variable. It is important to analyze the data and understand the underlying factors before drawing any conclusions.

According to the Spurious Correlations Website (Https://www