International Lefthanders Day 2022: A day for left handed people is celebrated on 13th August. The day is celebrated to raise awareness about the experience of living in a world dominated by the right hand of left-handed people. Many prominent leaders and celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Ratan Tata, Sachin Tendulkar etc. are left handed across the world. Some internationally renowned celebrities like Charlie Chaplin, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Lady Gaga are also left-handed. ,
International Left Wing Day: History
International Day of the Left was first observed in 1976 by Dean R Campbell, which highlights the everyday struggle of a lefty face. He was the founder of Left-Handers International Inc. and since then the day is celebrated annually.
International Left Wing Day: Significance and Facts
On the occasion of International Left Wing Day 2022, here are some interesting facts about Leftists:
- If a person is left handed then that person will pass the gene on through the generations to come
- Left-handed people tend to type faster than right-handed people. Right’s type is around 300 words but lefty can type 3,000 words on a predominantly QWERTY keyboard.
- According to the research book Cerebral Dominance: The Biological Foundation, left-handed people are 11 times more likely to suffer from allergies than right-handed people.
- In the same book mentioned above, it was also found that left-handed people are almost twice as likely to experience sleep deprivation, migraine, etc., than right-handed people.
- In the brain, the right hemisphere controls the left hand-dominated part of the body and vice versa.
- Since our world is designed to be dominated by right, left-handed people are more likely to be bisexual because they have become adept at doing certain things with their right hands.
- During medieval times, left-handed people were often suspected of witchcraft and accused of being with the devil.
- Princes Charles and William, the future kings of England, are left-handed. King George VI was also left handed but his father forced him to learn to use his right hand.
- Clan Kerr’s Fernhurst Castle in Scotland was built to accommodate left-handed fighters, enabling left-handed sword fighters to draw their swords instead of right-handed. The clan specially trained its soldiers to hold swords in their left hands.
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