Are you right handed or left handed or maybe you are ambidextrous. Researchers are not really sure why people are left handed but most believe that the key lies with the correlation between a person’s genetic makeup and his or her immediate environment.
Studies have revealed that this trait may be hereditary as people who have a predisposition to using their left hand often have other family members that a left handed, so maybe there is a ‘leftie’ gene.
Several studies have also found that left handed people have an independent spirit and experts believe it’s because they have basically conquered the pressures of living in a world dominated by right handed individuals.
Here are some facts about left handed people that am sure you never knew about.
- It is estimated that left handed people form between 5 to 10% of the world’s population.
- Researchers believe that left handed people are 3 times more susceptible to alcohol abuse.
- It is believed that the right portion of the brain is utilised more often by left handed people.
- Researchers also believe that left handed people attain puberty a full 5 months after right handed people of similar age have reached puberty.
- It is believed that left handed people are proficient in several sporting endeavours such as boxing, tennis, swimming and baseball. In the world of tennis over 40% of the top performers are left handed.
- Are you aware that a total of 4 of the last 7 presidents of the United States.
- In a study it has been revealed that left handed University graduates become more successful and wealthier than right handed people.
- In ancient times people associated left handedness to several negative things such as rebellion, a sign of the presence of the devil in the person, terrible habits, sexual perversion and criminality.
- The Anglo-Saxon word “lyft” is where the English word – left was derived from and it actually meant broken or weak.
- It is believed that women who get pregnant when they are in their 40’s are estimated to give birth to left handed babies by as much as 128%.
- It is believed that left handed people are highly skilled in architecture and mathematics while right handed people are more gifted with oratory skills.
- Another fact that might interest you is that all four of the Apollo astronauts that went to the moon were all left handed.
- Statistics show that there are over 30 million left handed Americans.
- It has also been found that left handed individuals are more susceptible to asthma and allergies.
Source: Healthy Life Tricks