What are some interesting facts about left-handed people?
Good question, I’ve always wondered myself. So I decided to look it up! Below are some facts that I’ve found. -more men than women are lefties. -Many think that Lefties have an advantage in fist fighting. -left handed stroke victims recover faster than right handed stroke victims -10% of the human population is left handed. -some theorize that lefties are more likely to be creative geniuses (many geniuses throughout history were lefties Leonardo Da Vinci, Bobby Fisher a chess genius, wynton Marselis) -“Southpaw” describes lefties particularly in US sports -Left-handers were severely discriminated against during the 18th and 19th centuries and it was often “beaten out” of people -In adulthood, left-handers were often shunned by society, resulting in fewer marrying and reproducing -As discrimination was reduced in the 20th century, the number of natural left-handers who stayed left-handed increased -The rising age of motherhood contributed as, statistically, older mothers are more likely
Sorry but I’m sure I read that lefthanded people die on average 5 years younger than right handers. And they are more likely to become political dictators than us lot. On the plus side, when fencing, novice right handers are at a disadvantage when fencing a left hander because all the basic defence moves they have learnt have been practised on RHers and so often they find it harder. I know I did.
I have been looking this up for a night now and I’ve found more and more that left handed people were at one point in time twins, this is called disappearing twin syndrome and it is the reason many think that left handed people are more likely to become lonely because they don’t have that twin anymore which I completely understand because i love everyone and anyone and I’m often a very friendly person but I’m always lonely, there’s a very select few of people (two to be exact) my mother and my friend that I don’t feel lonely but I feel like there is a certain piece of me that I have back and I dread leaving their side when I’m with them because I know that loneliness will continue once their gone. So I very much can understand how you feel and what its all about.
A study was once done, and it was found that the country with the least amount of violent crime, war etc. had around 4% of the population left-handed, and the most violent country had around 27% of the poulation left-handed. 10% is the usual. 5 of the last 7 US presidents have been left-handed, and if McCain had won this would still have been the case.
