Left-Handed Curiosities: 18 Intriguing Facts

1150 Cent

50 Cent

Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Tupac, Dr. Dre and Eminem are all left-handed.


12Drawing circle

Drawing circle

Most left-handed humans prefer to draw circles clockwise and circulate in buildings clockwise, and most right-handed people prefer to draw circles counterclockwise and circulate in buildings anticlockwise.


13British Royal family

British Royal family

Left-handedness runs in families. Lefties in the British royal family include the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, and Prince William.


14Dr. Donald Unger

Dr. Donald Unger

Dr. Donald Unger cracked the knuckles of his left hand (but not his right hand) every day for more than 60 years to prove that it does not give you arthritis. Neither hand got arthritis and he won the bet with his mother that the habit originated from.


15Lefties

Lefties

Lefties drink more often than righties.


16Left-handed people

Left-handed people

Left-handed people are more likely to die younger and are more likely to have Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and likely to be schizophrenic, alcoholic, delinquent, dyslexic, as well as mental disabilities.


17Left-handedness

Left-handedness

Left-handedness was seen as a neurotic, a mark of the devil, a sign of homosexuality in history. Also, mothers who give birth at the age of 40 are 128% more likely to have a left-handed baby.


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18Studies

Studies

Left-handed people are often excluded from studies of how the brain works. This means that the results of those studies may not apply to approximately 10% of the population.

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