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What percentage of scissors are manufactured specifically for lefties?

 

Only 2% of all scissors manufactured are left-handed scissors

Who influenced the famous left-handed bass player, Paul McCartney, to continue to play in spite of his troubles with right handed instruments?

"McCartney found right-handed guitars difficult to play, but when he saw a poster advertising a Slim Whitman concert, he realized that Whitman played left-handed with his guitar strung the opposite way to a right-handed player."

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney

Do left handed people die younger?

 

Statistically, yes...

but there is no scientific proof that handedness is a relevant factor.

Are men or women more likely to be left handed?


"Men are slightly more likely than women to be left-handed. No one knows why, but a popular theory suggests that it has to do with an effect of testosterone on the developing brain."

Reference: http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5815,00.html

Are lefties naturally clumsy?

Yes and no...

Lefties are forced to work with tools developed for right handed people, so they may appear to be awkward or clumsy. Generally, when given the appropriate tools, left handed people have an agility advantage because this functionality is managed by the right hemisphere of the brain (recent studies show that lefties use both hemispheres equally)

Of the last five American Presidents, how many were left handed?

 

...All but one: Ronald Regan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama are all left handed. George W Bush is the only right handed president of the group.

Reference: http://www.lefthandersday.com/tour6.html

Are lefties prevalent in the field of technology?

 

Yes!

...In fact, four of the five original developers of the Macintosh computer where left handed.

Reference: http://www.lefthandersday.com/tour6.html

 

 

 

Words

"Chwith is a Welch word that means left, but it is also used to mean strange, awkward and wrong."

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"In Dutch, "twee linkerhanden hebben" (having two left hands) means that one is clumsy or is a very poor handyman."

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