20 interesting facts about left handed people

Even though medical experts cannot still specify the reason why some people become left-handed, a research has found a complex link between our genes and environment.

Of course, experts did not discover any set of “lefty-genes”, but they noticed that the number of left-handed members is higher in the family of a left-handed person.

Additionally, they have found that the writings in the brain are different in left-handed and right-handed people. Since lefties spend their entire life adapting to the right-handed world, they are more independent.

Here are 20 interesting facts about left handed people, which you’ve never heard of:

1.       5 to 10 percent of the world population is left-handed.

2.       Left handed people use their right side of the brain (most of the time).

3.       Left handed people tend to reach puberty 5 months later – than normal.

4.       The word “left” is of Anglo-Saxon origin, from a word “lyft” which meant- broken or weak.

5.       They are good at sports, like swimming, boxing, tennis, baseball, etc.

6.       40% of the top tennis players in the world are left handed? That’s very interesting fact.

7.       They usually reach puberty later, that is, even 5 months after right-handed people.

8.       Women who are pregnant in their 40s are 128% more likely to have a left-handed baby, compared to pregnant women in their 20s.

9.       They have an increased risk by 3% to become alcoholics.

10.   People who are left handed are more prone to suffer from insomnia.

11.   The longest words which can be typed with just the left hand with a conventional hand positioning are: sweater, dresses, and tesserae decades.

12.   One study showed that left-handers differently process emotions than right-handers, and they get angry faster.

13.   Studies show that lefties are more talented in math, architecture, and spatial awareness, while righties have more developed verbal skills.

14.   August 13th is the Left-Handers Day.

15.   Previously, this was believed to be a bad thing, often linked to nasty habits, rebellion, neurosis, a mark of the devil, homosexuality, and criminality. Yet, it was also considered to be a mark of creativity and musical skills.

16.   According to a study, left-handed people are more susceptible to allergies and asthma than right-handed ones.

17.   As medical experts found, in the case of an injury to the dominant hand, left-handed individuals learn using the other one more quickly than if this happened to a right-handed person

18.   Some of the most vicious and wanted killers in the human history were left-handed: Jack the Ripper, The Boston Strangles, and Osama Bin Laden.

19.   Of the eight most recent U.S Presidents, 4 have been left handed

20.   This trait runs in the family. For instance, the members of the British Royal Family, Prince William, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mother, and Prince Charles are British Royal Family members are all left-handed.

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