GIVE IT UP FOR THE LEFTIES!!

Today is International Day for Left Handers.

I know it sounds pretty weird but this day has been celebrated on August 13th since 1976. It was initiated by the International Left Handers Club in the US to promote awareness of the inconveniences facing left-handers in a predominantly right-handed world. Every year since then, they have celebrated their right to be left handed.

Now, why are people left handed?

No one has come up with a definitive reason for WHY some people are left-handed, but about 13% of the population around the world are, and it is thought to be genetic - it definitely runs in families. Researchers have recently located a gene they believe "makes it possible to have a left-handed child " so if you have that gene, one or more of your children may be left-handed, whereas without it, you will only have right-handers - sorry! The good news is, that if you are left-handed yourself, you have that gene and will pass it on through the generations!

So, whats the big deal?

Some researchers claim that we are more intelligent and eloquent that our right-handed counterparts. In tests conducted by Dr. Alan Searleman from St Lawrence University in New York, he found that left-handers can be considerably more intellectually gifted.
There were more left-handed people with IQs over 140 than right-handed people - which is the "genius" bracket. This is perhaps why there are more "lefties" in creative professions - such as music, art and writing - and more left-handed astronauts and leaders than would be expected.


So who are some of these lefthanders?

Leonardo Vinci, Prince William, Prince Charles, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton, Tom Cruise, Whoopi Goldberg, Brad Pitt....its such a long list but Im sure these names do sound and look familiar!! They are all high achievers so if you are left handed...