Even though medical experts cannot still specify the reason why some people become left-handed, a research has found a complex link between our genes and environment.
Of course, experts did not discover any set of “lefty-genes”, but they noticed that the number of left-handed members is higher in the family of a left-handed person.
Additionally, they have found that the writings in the brain are different in left-handed and right-handed people. Since lefties spend their entire life adapting to the right-handed world, they are more independent.
This article reveals 24 fun facts about left-handed people you probably weren’t aware of:
1)The word “left” is of Anglo-Saxon origin, from a word “lyft” which meant- broken or weak.
2)In most cases- left- handed people use the right brain side.
3)5 to 10 percent of the world population is left-handed.
4)They are good at sports, like swimming, boxing, tennis, baseball, etc.
5)They can adjust to see underwater more easily than right-handers.
6)More than 40 percent of the top world tennis players are left-handed.
7)They usually reach puberty later, that is, even 5 months after right-handed people.
8According to statistics, left-handed college graduates are expected to become 26 percent richer than their right- handed colleagues.
9)They have an increased risk by 3% to become alcoholics.
10)Out of 7, four of the United States are left-handed.
11)In animals, like cats, mice, and rats, the percentage of left and right pawedness is equally split. (NEXT PAGE)
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