Experts also claim to have found that the brain wirings of lefties and righties are actually quite different.
Here are some facts which you should know about left-handed people:
1. 5-10% of the population in the world is left handed.
2. There is a three times more chance of left handed people to become alcoholics.
3. They use right side of the brain because right side actually controls the functions of the left side of the body and vice-versa.
4. Their age of reaching puberty is delayed by 5 months than the normal age period.
5. They are good at sports like baseball, tennis; swimming, boxing, etc. 40% of the world-class tennis players are left-handed.
6. Four, out of the seven, recent United States presidents were left handed.
7. People like Osama Bin Laden, The Boston Strangles and Jack the Ripper were all left handed people. Keep an eye on your left handed friend from now on!
8. Left handed has also been associated with negative qualities like the mark of the devil, sign of neurosis and criminality. On the positive note, it is also a sign of creativity and musicality.
9. The English word “left” comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “lyft” which means weak or broken.
10. Women giving birth in their 40s are more likely to have left handed babies than those in their 20s.
11. In the animal kingdom, cats, rats and mice are equally split between right and left pawedness.
12. Left handed people are more talented in spatial awareness, math and architecture while right handed people have more verbal talents.
13. 1/4 Apollo astronauts was left handed if you didn’t know.
14. Almost 30 million people in the United States are left handed according to a recent statistical report.