There are over 30 milllion left-handers just in the United States...we are not alone!
| Aristera or "left" in Greek means "the best" and is the root of the English word "aristocratic." |  |
| During the Renaissance, master painters had their right-handed pupils occasionally switch hands to elicit a freer, more imaginative stroke. | |
| SAT results show that left-handed males score higher in math than right-handed males | |
| As seen from the North Pole, the Earth rotates to the left, counterclockwise, and proceeds to the left around the sun. | |
| Research shows that after suffering from a stroke, left-handers often recover functions such as speech more quickly than right-handers do. Experts think this may be because the two hemispheres of may lefties brains work in a more tandem fashion than those of righties. | |
| No se zurdo literally means "Don't be left-handed" in Spanish, but its colloquial meaning is "Don't be stupid." | |
| The superstition says if you see a shooting star, someone has died. Some say if it shoots to the right, they went to heaven, but if it shoots to the left, they've gone to hell. | |
| Since the invention of the merry-go-round two centuries ago, it has literally been impossible for lefties to "reach for the brass ring." The rings are always placed on the merry-go-round rider's right side. | |
| Medical studies appear to show that, on the average, left-handers are affected more by tranquilizers and pain killers than right-handers. | |
| The more active and sensitive eye for a leftie will usually be his/her left. | |
| In Great Britain, where baseball has never taken hold, the term 'southpaw' means "left-handed boxer." | |
| Studies show that left-handers reach puberty four to six months later than right-handers. | |
| The left tusks of Arctic whales can grow to a length of nine feet, spiraling in a counterclockwise direction. | |
| While English superstition doesn't specify which rabbit's foot will bring good luck, American superstition does: the left hind foot. | |
| Albertus Magnus, in the 13th Century, advised a husband whose wife had rejected him to wear the marrow from a wolf's left foot, "and she will love none but you." | |
| A study published in South Africa suggests that people who are vegetarians are more likely to be left-handed. | |
| The superstition says that if your right palm itches you'll receive money and, if the left, you'll spend it. | |
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