Here Are 23 Facts About Left-Handed People That You Didn’t Know About! The Last One Surprised Me!

Are you left-handed? Do you know someone that is left-handed? Have you noticed that right-handed people have no trouble finding all the products that they need, because most of the products are geared towards the right hand? However, left-handed peopleare struggling a little with some of the everyday tasks. Nevertheless, they are more independent because they have spent their whole lives adapting to this right handed world that we live in. And for that reason, here in this article we will present you some fascinating facts about left-handed people that you probably did not know:

1. Approximately 5 to 10% of the world’s population is left-handed.
2. Left-handed people, are three times more likely to become alcoholics.
3. Left-handed people use the right side of the brain the most.
4. Also they tend to reach puberty 4-5 months later than normal.
5. In most of the cases left-handed people can grow up to be extremely good baseball players, tennis players, swimmers, and boxers. Did you know that approximately 40% of the top tennis players are left-handed?
6. 4 of the 7 most recent US presidents were/are left-handed.
7. Left-handed college graduates are more likely to become 26% richer than right-handed graduates.
8. Throughout the history, left-handedness was considered to be: a nasty habit, a mark of the devil, a sign of neurosis, rebellion, criminality, and homosexuality. However it has also been seen as a trait indicating creativity and musical abilities.
9. In addition, the word left in English comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lyft, which means weak or broken.
10. Mothers who are over 40 at the time of a child’s birth are 128% more likely to have a left-handed baby than a woman who gave birth in her 20s.
11. Even though nearly 90% of all humans are right-handed, cats, rats, and mice seem to be equally split between right and left pawedness.
12. According to various studies, left-handed people are more talented in spatial awareness, math, and architecture, while the right-handed people tend to be more talented verbally.
13. One in four Apollo astronauts were left-handed.
14. Nearly 30 million people in the United States are left-handed.
15. According to some researches, left-handed people are slightly more prone to allergies and asthma than right-handed people.
16. Also several studies have shown, that if a left-hander injures his dominant hand, he has an easier time learning to use the other hand than his right-handed counterparts.
17. The longest words that can be typed using only the left hand with conventional hand placement are: sweater, dresses and tesserae decades.
18. Left-handedness is tightly connected with the genes. Therefore lefties in the British Royal Family include the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, and Prince William.
19. Left-handed people often suffer from insomnia.
20. August 13^th is known as International Left-Handers Day and that is the day to celebrate if you are left-handed.
21. Did you know that The Boston Strangler, Osama Bin Laden, and Jack The Ripper were all left-handed?
22. Left-handed people have an amazing advantage when playing Marco Polo, because they are able to adjust to seeing underwater better than right-handed people.
23. According to a study, which was conducted by The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, left-handers process emotions differently. In fact, they tend to get a little angrier faster than right-handed people. At this point you should know that John McEnroe is left-handed and therefore this fact has a point, because you have seen him very angry plenty of times.

Now tell us, how many of these interesting facts did you know? Probably, most of them, you did not know.You probably had no idea that there were certain character traits that are more common in left-handers than right-handers.

If you were amazed by these left-handed facts, make sure that you share them with your friends and family!

Source: Sport Online Group