11 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE

#1. Men are more likely than women to be left handed

#2. Research suggests left-handers are more likely to become alcoholics, schizophrenic, and dyslexic.

#3. Connections between the left and right side of the brain are faster in left handed people meaning they are better at dealing with multiple stimuli

#4. Most Geniuses- (Ignoble) like the Boston Strangler, Jack the Ripper, and Osama Bid Laden were lefties. BUT, so too were (Noble) Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas edison, Barack Obama and Alexander the Great

#5.  A mother over 40 years old is 130% more likely to have a left handed baby than a mother in her 20s


#6.  Left-handers with high academic performance tend to win scholarship awards

#7.  Historically left-handedness has been seen as a nasty habit, a sign of neurosis, rebellion, and criminality.

#8. In English the word left even comes from the Anglo Saxon word lyft which means weak or broken.

#9. Although some cultures had a positive view of left-handers many considered them outcasts.

#10. There are many parts of the world where children are punished in school for using their left hand.

#11. There are two theories about the wedding ring. One is that the Egyptians believed, in spite of the left hand’s flaws, wearing it there brought it closer to the heart. The other is that the Romans wore it there to ward of evil associated with the left hand.