WE all have some left handed people in our life. What is that makes someone left handed? Medical experts actually do not know but genetics play a huge role. No actual ‘leftie genes’ have been discovered, but we do know there are often many lefties in one family group, indicating it is genetic.
The world we live in is a right handed world. It shouldn’t be, it is only because there are more right handed people. Lefties have to continuously adapt to the right handed world.
But – lefties are pretty special. They are often more independent and able to adapt easily, probably because they have had little choice.
Here are some amazing facts about lefties:
- 5 – 10% of the population are left handed
- Lefties use the right side of their brain
- Lefties are agile and good at sport
- Lefties are prone to alcoholism, more so than right handed people.
- Left comes from the Anglo Saxon word ‘lyft’ which means weak or broken.
- Left handed people re usually creative.
- Left handed people go on to be 26% richer than their right handed colleagues.
- Several presidents of the United States have been left handed.
- Left handed people tend to reach puberty later than right handed people.
- Cats and mice are neither left nor right handed.
- One of the four Apollo astronauts was left handed.
- Left handed people used to be seen as different. Today they are seen as creative, musical, interesting and independent.
- Women who give birth in their forties are more likely to have left handed babies than younger pregnant mothers.
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