The population can sometimes be divided into any number of different categories. Of course, we would want to be careful that we aren’t placing people in a negative light, but even so, there are differences from one person to another. When we start to really analyze those differences, we see that they are not something bad, they actually help to keep things going and, as they say, that is what makes the world go round.
At times, it might even surprise you how people tend to fall on one side of the line or the other. That is the case with left or right handed people. Unless you are ambidextrous, you are going to fall into one of those categories. If you are left handed, they you are among one of the most misunderstood people in the world. Misunderstood, that is, except by other left handed people. They often tend to band together and at times, they do so with amazing results. For example, there are stores that are specifically for lefties, and they offer a variety of items they would find useful, from can openers to scissors.
Left handed people are the same as right handed people, but the world does not typically make things easy for them. It seems as if the entire world is geared toward right handed people, and that is only the start. In this article, you will find 23 amazing things about lefties that you probably never knew. It will help you to appreciate left handed people even more.
1. Approximately 10% of all people are left handed
2. Lefties are 3 times more likely to have a drinking problem
3. They use the right side of the brain
4. They tend to be late bloomers
5. Lefties excel at certain sports, such as tennis, baseball, boxing and swimming
6. 4 out of 7 recent presidents were left handed
7. Left handed college graduates are 26% richer than right handed grads
8. Back in the day, if you were left-handed you might have been accused of having a nasty habit, the mark of the devil, a sign of neurosis, being rebellious and capable of criminality and/or being homosexual. Sometimes, however, it indicated creativity and musical abilities.
9. The word left is from an old anglo-saxon word (lyft), meaning broken or weak
10. Women over 40 who give birth are 128% more likely to give birth to a lefty than a younger woman
11. Rats, mice and cats have equal number of left handed and right handed
12. Lefties tend to be better at architecture and math. Right-handed people are better at verbal skills typically
13. 25% of the Apollo astronauts were left-handed
14. Almost 30 million people in the US are left-handed
15. Lefties tend to have more allergies and asthma
16. Left-Handed people adjust better than right handed people when they must use the other hand
17. The longest words that can be typed with only the left hand are sweater dresses and tesserae decades
18. A few members of the royal family were lefties, including, the queen’s mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Prince William
19. Lefties suffer more often from insomnia
20. August 13th is International Left-Handers Day
21. Osama Bin Laden, The Boston Strangler and Jack the Ripper were left handed
22. Lefties can see better when they are under water
23. Left handed people tend to be hot tempered
Via: Aunty Acid
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