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

Do you know what causes a person to be left-handed? Scientist aren’t sure yet, but studies have found relation between genes and the environment. And, while no exact cause has been discovered yet, left-handed people often have more left-handed family members, meaning that the issue is hereditary.

According to research, the brain wirings in right and left-handed people are different. Left-handed people are more independent because they are always trying to adapt in a right-handed world.

Here are 23 interesting facts about left-handed people:

  1. 5-10% of the world’s population is left-handed.
  2. Lefties have a tendency to become alcoholics.
  3. Left-handed people use the right side of the brain more.
  4. They reach puberty about 5 months later than usual.
  5. Left-handed people excel in sports. More than 40% of the top tennis players are left-handed!
  6. 4 out of 7 recent American presidents were left-handed.
  7. Left-handed college graduates become about 26% richer than the right-handed graduates.
  8. Left-handed people have been associated with bad things in the past such as mark of the devil, a sign of neurosis, bad habits, rebellion, criminality and homosexuality. They have also been thought of as more creative and musical.
  9. The word “left” comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lyft, which means weak or broken.
  10. Women pregnant in their 40s are 128% more likely to give birth to a left-hand baby.
  11. Almost 90% of the world’s population are right-handed, but animals are equality split between right and left pawedness.
  12. According to a study, left-handed people are more talented to spatial awareness, math and architecture. Right-handed people are more verbally fluent.
  13. One of the four Apollo astronauts was left-handed.
  14. Statistical data shows that 30 million of Americans are left-handed.
  15. Left-handed people are more prone to allergies and asthma if a recent study is to be believed.
  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. The longest words that can be typed with the left hand placed conventionally are sweater, dresses and tesserae decades.
  18. Left-handedness is hereditary. Lefties in the British Royal Family include the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Prince William.
  19. Left-handed people are more prone to insomnia.
  20. August 13th is celebrate as the International Left-Handers day.
  21. Some of the most wanted people in the world such as The Boston Strangler and Jack The Ripper have been left-handed.
  22. Left-handed people can see better underwater.
  23. According to a study published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, left-handed people process emotions differently than their right-hand counterparts, and tend to get angry easily. John McEnroe was a top tennis player who was left-handed, and we all remember how angry he was sometimes.

 

Source : http://www.healthylifetricks.com/