FACTS ABOUT LEFT HANDED PEOPLE

BETWEEN 10 AND 12 PERCENT OF PEOPLE ARE LEFTIES

MEN ARE MORE LIKELY THAN WOMEN TO BE LEFT HANDED

AUGUST 13TH IS LEFT-HANDERS DAY

MANY SOURCES CLAIM THAT LEFT HANDERS MAY DIE UP

TO 9 YEARS EARLIER THAN RIGHT HANDERS

RESEARCH ALSO SUGGESTS LEFT HANDERS ARE MORE

LIKELY TO BECOME ALCOHOLICS, SCHIZOPHRENIC,

AND DYSLEXIC.

A MOTHER OVER 40 YEARS OLD IS 130% MORE LIKELY

TO HAVE A LEFT HANDED BABY THAN A MOTHER IN HER 20’S

HISTORICALLY IT HAS BEEN SEEN AS A NASTY HABIT,

A SIGN OF NEUROSIS, REBELLION, AND CRIMINALITY

IN ENGLISH THE WORD LEFT EVEN COMES FROM THE

ANGLO SAXON WORD LYFT WHICH MEANS WEAK OR BROKEN.

ALTHOUGH SOME CULTURES HAD A POSITIVE VIEW OF

LEFT HANDERS MANY CONSIDERED THEM OUTCASTS.