Left Handedness. Interesting facts about left handed people.
10% of the world’s population is left handed.
40% of of schizophrenics are left-handed.
Right-handed people tend to chew food on the right side while left-handed tend to chew on the left side.
More than 2,500 left-handed people are killed every year by using equipment meant for right-handed people.
A study found that there are more left-handed people with intelligent quotient over 140 than right-handed people.
Many studies suggests that Premature babies are more likely to be left-handed.
Homosexuals are 39% more likely to be left-handed.
Left-handed soldiers prepare and throw grenades upside down because of how the safety pin is placed.
A study found that Inherited genes account for just 25% of the chance of being left-handed.
A research revealed that Left-handed people are affected by post-traumatic stress far more than those who are right-handed.
A study found that left handed people earn up to 12% less than right handed people.
Left-handed people process things faster than righties while playing computer games or sports.
Left-handed people process multiple stimuli faster than righties.
Left-handed people have an increased cognitive flexibility, switching quickly between thinking about two concepts.
About 17% of twins are left-handed. This compares to about 10% in the non-twin population.
Kangaroos are almost always left-handed.
A study found that right-handed individuals have better oral hygiene and the lower incidence of caries because of their better manual dexterity and brush efficiency.
Left Handed people mostly uses the right side of the brain.
They are three times more likely to become alcoholics because the right side of the brain has a lower tolerance to alcohol.
Left handers are more likely to suffer stuttering and dyslexia. – They recover from strokes faster than right handed people.
Some people are scared of left-handedness. This is called Sinistrophobia.
Left handed people adjust to seeing underwater quicker. They are less able to roll their tongue than a righty.
Left handed people’s nails grow faster on the left hand than the right.
Left handed people draw figures facing to the right.
On a QWERTY keyboard, there are 1447 English words typed solely with the left hand, whilst only 187 are typed with the right hand.
Left hander people are more likely to have allergies. They are more prone to migraines. They are also more likely to be insomniacs. -Left hander people tend to reach puberty 4 to 5 months later than right handers
August 13 is designated International Lefthanders Day by lefthanders International. It was first observed on the 13th of August, in the year 1976
Left handed college graduates go on to become 26% richer than right handed graduates
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