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That was mean. It is all in fun on this forum. You need a hug.
I think some people may misunderstand what that graphic means, i.e. what they're claiming. It's not that the search term listed for a state is the most frequently searched term in that state. It's that the term listed for a state is searched more frequently in that state than in any of the other states.
Some (read: most) of those terms probably aren't anywhere near the top of the list of most frequently searched terms within the associated state. For instance, 'David Hasslehoff' might only account for 0.0000010% of the searches done in Maryland (or it could have been searched just 100 times or by 1 out every 600,000 residents, e.g., depending on how they're measuring often-ness). It's just that it accounts for a smaller percentage of the searches done in other states - maybe only 0.0000003% in other states. People in Maryland may have 20,000 other terms that they search more frequently than 'David Hasslehoff.' So, it isn't necessarily a really popular search term in Maryland, it's just more popular than in other states. This is a happenstance thing, they found a term for a given state that would be funny or entertaining or whatever and that happened to be searched (perhaps just a little bit) more in that state. They likely could have picked any of a number of terms for most states.
I don't find what the graphic is reporting unbelievable, it's just not saying what some might initially take it to be saying.
I think some people may misunderstand what that graphic means, i.e. what they're claiming. It's not that the search term listed for a state is the most frequently searched term in that state. It's that the term listed for a state is searched more frequently in that state than in any of the other states.