Here comes the million-dollar question – what causes someone to become a left handed? Although medical experts aren’t completely sure regarding this question, a research shows a complex relation between environment and genes.
Though there wasn’t any discovery of set of “lefty-genes”, it was shown that there are more left-handed members in the family of a left-handed person. Moreover, researchers have discovered different wirings in the brain in lefties vs. righties. As a result of the constant adaptation to the right handed world, left-handers are usually more independent
And this is why we should learn some new and interesting things about lefties. Here are 23 interesting facts about left handed people, which you’ve never heard of:
1. Left-handed people constitute 5 to 10 percent of the world population.
2. These left handed people are 3-times more likely to become alcoholics.
3. Usually left handed people use their right side of the brain (most of the time).
4. Left handed people tend to reach puberty 5 months later – than normal.
5. These people are good in many sports: baseball, tennis, swimming, boxing, etc. Did you know that more than 40% of the top tennis players in the world are left handed? That’s very interesting fact.
6. United States of America have four left handed out of the seven president.
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7. According to the statistics, left handed college graduates will probably become 26% richer, compared to their right handed colleagues.
8. In the past, left handed people and left-handedness has been related and seen as many bad things, such as: mark of the devil, a sign of neurosis, nasty habit, rebellion, criminality, and homosexuality.
Left-handedness has also been seen as a trait indicating creativity and musical abilities.
9. Did you know that the word “left” in English actually comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lyft – which means weak or broken?
10. Pregnant women in their 40s are 128% more likely to have a left-handed baby, compared to pregnant women in their 20s.
11. As we mentioned in the beginning of this article, about 10 percent of the global population are left-handed. But when it comes to rats, cats, and mice, the percent of left and right pawedness is equally split.
12. A recent study has found that left handed people are more talented in spatial awareness, math and architecture. Right handed people tend to be more talented verbally.
13. Another interesting fact is that 1 Apollo astronaut, out of 4, had his left hand as the dominant one..
14. According to the latest statistics, almost 30 million people in the United States are left handed.
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15. A recent study has shown that left handed people are slightly more prone to allergies and asthma than right-handers.
16. According to research, if a left-handed person injures his dominant hand, he can learn to use his other hand faster than his right-handed people.
17. Did you know that the longest words can be typed using only the left hand with conventional hand placement are sweater, dresses and tesserae decades?
18. You should also know that left handedness runs in the families. Lefties in the British Royal Family include the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, and Prince William.
19. People who are left handed are more prone to suffer from insomnia.
20. Did you know that the left handed people have a day to celebrate being left handed? Well yes, it’s August 13th and it’s known as the International Left-Handers Day.
21. Did you know that some of the world’s most wanted murderers on the planet were left handed: Osama Bin Laden, The Boston Strangles and Jack the Ripper were all left handed people?
22. People who are left handed are able to adjust to seeing underwater better than right handed people. This gives them a big advantage when they play games like Marco Polo.
23. A study, published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, has found that left handed people process emotions differently. And in turn they tend to get angry, much faster than their right handed peers. John McEnroe is left handed and we’ve seen him very angry plenty of times.
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