Interesting+Facts+And+Diffrences

=List of Right-handed/Left-handed differences + Interesting Facts =

---GENERAL INFORMATION--- •Amount of Left-handed VS Right-handed people Worldwide (Values are Approx.) •Lefty ≈ 8 – 15% •Righty ≈ 70 – 90% •Other ≈ 3 – 5%

•The cause of being Left-handed is currently unknown, though there are many theories.

•As time passes, the total amount of Left-handed people increases and as consequence, the amount of objects created for use with both hands are more common than they used to be, however this is still an evolving trend and may change at some point.

• Out of the past 7 presidents, 4 have been left-handed.

•In many different languages, ranging from Latin to Hebrew, the word for Left has a underlying meaning of being evil, improper, unlucky, and even clumsy. Not to also mention that the Left hand symbolized the power to shame society, and was used as a metaphor for misfortune.

•Not all the origins of the word left were bad, In Russian; "levsha" (lefty, lefthander) is a common noun for skilled craftsman.

•Many different things, ranging from computer mice and desks, to knives and guitars; Are built with right-handed people in mind. Even weapons, power tools, and sports were all created with right-handed people in mind.

---SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITYS---

•Ironically, the creation of sports with right-handed people in mind, may give a left-handed player a slight or even major advantage over the other players.

•Tying in with sports, during a boxing match on November 4, 1947, Mike Collins, a natural left-hander, emerged from his corner in a right-handed stance before suddenly shifting left and delivering the fight's first and last punch, knocking out opponent Pat Brownson in 4 seconds. •Left-handed swordsmen were eagerly sought for castle invasions. Spiral staircases and towers spiral clockwise going up. Usually this meant that the (predominantly right-handed) defenders up the stairs had a good angle to swing swords and other weapons down at attackers. Conversely, right-handed attackers would find the weapons constantly colliding with the central pillar of the stairs. Hence the desire for left-handed attackers. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">•The advantage to players in one-on-one sports such as tennis, boxing, fencing or judo is that in a population containing perhaps 10% left-handers and 90% right-handers, the left-hander plays 90% of his or her games against right-handed opponents and is well practiced at dealing with this asymmetry. The right-hander plays 90% of their games against other right-handers — thus when confronted with a left-hander is less practiced <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">• In primitive societies with higher levels of violence, left-handed people are more numerous. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">• A layperson such as the owner of a small miniature golf business may when placing obstacles assess the results from only his/her own-"handed" perspective, such that more courses would be made difficult for right-handers than for left-handers. However, a thoughtful designer — especially a professional in the field — will likely ensure game balance by making sure to add handedness-specific obstacles in equal numbers and in places of similar tactical importance. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">---LEARNING---

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">•mathematicians, musicians, architects, and artists are more commonly left-handed then one would think.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">•Also, in one study of more than 100,000 students taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), 20% of the top-scoring group was left-handed, twice the rate of left-handedness found in the general population (10%)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">•Any language that has a left to right script, is less difficult for left-handed people learn and write because it is less likely to smear.