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REASONS LEFTIES ARE BETTER THAN RIGHTIES

Added on: 9th Feb 2016

 

MAKE MORE MONEY

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For men who have gone to college, lefties earn 13% more than righties.

 

 

IT'S NOT ALL ROSY

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Oddly, for women who have gone to college, lefties earn 5% less

than righties (but as you can see there are still plenty of other

left-handed advantages).

 

 

BETTER DRIVERS

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Lefties tend to pass their driving tests (on the first time) more

than righties, at a rate of 57% to 47%.

 

 

BETTER ASTRONAUTS

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Well, this one might be a bit disputed as to why, but it is true

that 25% of the Apollo astronauts were lefties.

 

 

FASTER THINKERS

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In lefties, the left and right sides of the brain communicate more

quickly – another point for left-handed people being more intelligent!

 

 

MORE VISUAL

Photographer

Left-handed people lean more towards visual rather than written fields.

They land up more in areas like photography and painting than

in law or writing.

 

 

FASTER TYPISTS

Backlit keyboard

On a standard QWERTY keyboard, left-handed people can type

significantly quicker – only about 450 words can be typed with

only the right hand in comparison to about 3,400 words

with only the left.

 

 

AQUATIC ABILITY

Freediver underwater diving with monofin during freediving competition in London UK

Another feature whose cause isn’t exactly known, left-handed

people better acclimate to being underwater.

 


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