My dear lovely friend bought me this Left-Hander's Calendar that I wanted for my birthday. There's random facts every day, and quotes and bios from famous left-handers. Here's some various facts that I wrote down so far, more to come:
Left-handers really are special, and brain scanning, along with the latest genetic technology, is finally enabling scientists to crack the mysteries of what makes us left-handed. Research geneticist Clyde Francks of Oxford University found that left-handers tend to share a variant gene named LRRTM1. This gene, however, appears to influence handedness only if it is inherited from the father.
Did you know the majority of champion fencers are left-handed? That’s because left-handed fencers have a definite edge over righties. Right-handed fencers don’t usually have the opportunity to practice against a lefty, thus giving an obvious edge to the left-handed fencer.
Lefty U.S. Astronauts:
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)
James Lovell (Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13)
Wally Schirra (Mercury 8, Gemini 6, Apollo 7)
Tests conducted by Alan Searleman from St. Lawrence University in New York found there were more left-handed people with IQs over 140 than right-handed people.
The Average Lefty:
Thinks like Einstein
Looks like Redford
Paints like de Vinci
Leads like Schwarzkopf
Sings like Newley
Fights like Corbett
Clowns like Chaplin
Plays:
Baseball like Babe Ruth
Soccer like Pele
Tennis like Conners
Golf like Charles
Runs like the Devil and
Swims like Spitz
The official Boy Scout handshake uses the left hand instead of the right. Although Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, was ambidextrous, he chose the lefty shake because the left hand is nearer to the heart.
Handedness runs in families, though not in an easily predictable way. Left-handers are about twice as likely as righties to produce left-handed children, but most of their offspring will still be right-handed.
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