It's National Left-Hander's Day. About 10% of the world's population is believed to be left-handed, although the number ebbs and flows with time and place, researchers say.
Now in its 17th year, the day has been celebrated with right vs. left sports matches, left-handed drinking events and other activities, the club says.In honor of the day, some tidbits about sinistrality:About that nameSinistrality is the formal name for left-handedness and carries quite a history.Read MoreIt's based on the Latin word"sinistra," for"on the left." But as time wore on, it began to accumulate associations with evil that persist today.
Lefty presidentsPolitics aside, at least four of the past seven presidents have been left-handed: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Gerald Ford.Ronald Reagan also often shows up on the list of lefties even though he wrote with his right hand. Some historians suggest that he was born left-handed but forced to switch as a child.Why are so many US presidents left-handed?There's no clear research, and it may just be a fluke.But the website leftrightwrong.
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