To celebrate the day, here are some little-known facts about lefties, which may or may not be true:
-Most left-handers draw figures facing to the right.
-Left-handers adjust more readily to seeing underwater.
-4 of the 5 original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed
-1 in 4 Apollo astronauts were left-handed - 250% more than the normal level.
-They are "considerably more intellectually gifted", according to studies performed by Dr. Alan Searleman of the St. Lawrence University in New York.
-Left-handers were severely discriminated against during the 18th and 19th centuries and it was often "beaten out" of people (where's MY affirmative action???)
-2500 lefties a year die from using right-handed products
-About 66% of American presidents in the last 30 years were left-handed men.
-Left-handed people also tend to earn more money.
- You type the words desegregates, reverberated, watercress, aftereffects, and sweaterdresses exclusively with the left hand.
- You type the words desegregates, reverberated, watercress, aftereffects, and sweaterdresses exclusively with the left hand.
Enjoy your day, lefties of the world!
5 comments:
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Yay for lefties!
Matthias is a lefty...he must be destined for great things!
Thank you - I will enjoy it. :D (very cool info - knew some of it, but some was new - thanks!!)
So pretty much it's a miracle that you're still alive?
I wonder if the 2500 Lefties that "die using a right-handed products" are actually "more intellectually gifted" than the millions of right (and left) handed people who don't die using the same products? ;)
I hope you're not one of them Ben...
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