Let’s take a quick break from guitars and talk about being left handed in general for a change. I’ve put together a list of 25 interesting left handed facts, from the funny to the weird and everything in between.

One really interesting factoid that I picked up was from a scientist who believed that left handed people tended to be more independent as a result of having to adapt to a world which is largely built for right handed individuals. Here are a few more fascinating pieces of trivia related to being a lefty…

Scientific Left Handed Facts

Make up roughly 12% of the population (find out more)

More likely to have allergies

More prone to migraines

More likely to be insomniacs

Use the right side of the brain the most

Three times more likely to become alcoholics – the right side of the brain has a lower tolerance to alcohol!

More likely to be on extreme poles of the intelligence scale

Tend to reach puberty 4 to 5 months later than right handers

More likely to suffer stuttering and dyslexia

Twice as likely to be a man

Better at 3D perception and thinking

Better at multi-tasking

Live on average 9 years less than right handed people (this study was disproved! read more)

39% more likely to be homosexual

Interesting Left Handed Trivia

Left Handed Pens are a thing! Who knew!?

Make especially good baseball players, tennis players, swimmers, boxers and fencers (almost 40% of the top tennis players are lefties)

Celebrate left handed day once a year – August 13th – International Left Handers Day

Draw figures facing to the right

Recover from strokes faster

More likely to pursue creative careers

Of the eight most recent U.S Presidents, 4 have been left handed

Left handed college graduates go on to become 26% richer than right handed graduates

On a QWERTY keyboard there are 1447 English words typed solely with the left hand, whilst only 187 are typed with the right hand.

Bizarre Left Handed Statistics

Some people are scared of left-handedness! Find out about Sinistrophobia

of left-handedness! Find out about Sinistrophobia Adjust to seeing underwater quicker

Less able to roll their tongue than a righty

Nails grow faster on the left hand than the right

You can find a handy infographic containing all of this information here. Feel free to share with friends!

How much of a lefty are you? Take our 60 second test and find out!

Further Reading

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