Jared writes with his left hand. I'm starting to think Asher will too.
Random Facts:
They are twice as likely to be a male.
Among college-educated people, left-handed people make 26% more than right-handers.
Lefties are more likely to become an alcoholic.
Are more likely to choose a creative career.
They use the right side of the brain the most.
Better at 3D perception and thinking.
Of the 5 designers of Macintosh computers, 4 of them were lefties.
20% of MENSA membership is left-handed.
Lefties make especially good baseball players, tennis players, swimmers, boxers, and fencers. Almost 40% of top tennis players are lefties.
With twins, one will be a righty and one a lefty. Often.
25% of the Apollo astronauts have been left handed. 250% more than the normal level of left handedness in any group.
When typing, about 3000 words are typed using the left hand solely, while only about 300 are typed by the right hand.
Lefties are better at handling large amount of stimuli and multi-tasking. Making them better at video games.
The odds of having a left handed child:
Two right handed parents, 9%
Left handed father, 12%
Left handed mother, 16%
Two left handed parents, 20%
Left handed father, 12%
Left handed mother, 16%
Two left handed parents, 20%
Famous Lefties:
Barack Obama
Benjamin Franklin
Rembrandt
Leonardo da Vinci
Julius Caesar
Issac Newton
Tom Cruise
Tina Fey
Jim Henson
Charlie Chaplin
Whoopie Goldberg
Oprah Winfrey
Bill Gates
Steve Forbes
Helen Keller
Fidel Castro
Babe Ruth
Lewis Carroll
Alexander the Great
Paul McCartney
Mark Twain
Robert DeNiro
Bruce Willis
Henry Ford
Tommy Hilfiger
Edwin Buzz Aldrin
Richard Simmons
*All of this info is subject to wiggle room. I looked at many websites and these facts were the average and most consistant I found.

3 comments:
Grace saw this picture and said "Who's that?"
M "That's Asher."
G "What happened to his curly hair?"
I'm a lefty! :)
Wow he got a haircut! He looks so old!
Interesting facts about lefties...but my twin sisters are both right-handed. Maybe they're an exception to the rule.
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