20 Left-Handed Facts That You Might Not Know!

Are you a left handed? Do you know what is the perks of being a left-handed? Here is the LEFT HANDED FACTS


Scientific Left Handed Facts

1.  Make up between 5% and 10% of the population
2. More likely to have allergies
3. More prone to migraines
4. More likely to be insomniacs
5. Use the right side of the brain the most
6. Three times more likely to become alcoholics – the right side of the brain has a lower tolerance to alcohol!
7. More likely to be on extreme poles of the intelligence scale
8. Tend to reach puberty 4 to 5 months later than right handers
9. More likely to suffer stuttering and dyslexia
10. Twice as likely to be a man
11. Better at 3D perception and thinking
12. Better at multi-tasking
13. Live on average 9 years less than right handed people
14. 39% more likely to be homosexual

Some Other Facts

1. At various times in history, left-handedness has been seen as many things: a nasty habit, a mark of the devil, a sign of neurosis, rebellion, criminality, and homosexuality. It has also been seen as a trait indicating creativity and musical abilities.
2. Tests conducted by St. Lawrence University in New York found that there were more left-handed people with IQs over 140 than right-handed people. Famous left-handed intellectuals include Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Benjamin Franklin.
3. In many Islamic countries, people are forbidden to eat with their left hand, which is considered “unclean” because it is used for cleaning the body after defecation. Additionally, “public display” or use of the left hand is against the law in some Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia.
4. Mothers who are over 40 at the time of a child’s birth are 128% more likely to have a left-handed baby than a woman in her 20s. Left handed people adjust more easily to seeing underwater.
5. Left handed people adjust seeing better underwater
6. August 13th is known as the Left-Handed Day!

So there's some advantages and also disadvantages of being a left-handed person, but hey! We are still unique individuals after all!