1Premature babies
Premature babies are 5 times more likely to be left-handed.
2Left-handed gamers
Left-handed gamers may have an advantage over right-handed gamers.
3Athletes
Athletes who clench a ball in their left hand prior to activity are likely to perform better under strenuous situations than those who clench a ball in their right hand. It is thought that it triggers the right side of the brain which is responsible for automated behaviors.
4Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix had to learn how to play a right-handed guitar because his father believed left-handedness was the sign of the devil. He later played a right-handed guitar with his left hand.
5Stormtroopers
Stormtroopers are left-handed.
6Wedding ring
The tradition of the wedding ring is worn on the left-hand ring finger was derived from the Romans because there was thought to be a vein in the finger, referred to as the ‘Vena Amoris’ or the ‘Vein of Love’ said to be directly connected to the heart.
7Left-handed people
More than 2,500 left-handed people are killed every year around the world from using equipment meant for right-handed people.
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8Left-handed person
Forcing a left-handed person to change to their right hand at a young age can have severe repercussions throughout their life.
9Ambidextrous
There is a term for the opposite of "ambidextrous". It's "ambisinister", and it means you're equally bad with both hands. Sinister's etymology is from Latin meaning "left", hence ambisinister really means all your hands are left-handed
10Simpson family
Majority of the member’s from Simpson’s family are left-handed.
