August 13 is International Lefthanders Day. Just 10% of people in the world are left-handed, though many of them occupy high offices. Scroll down to see 11 left-handed world leaders – from Benjamin Netanyahu to Barack Obama to Simon Bolivar, the military general who liberated South America. Visit Business Insider’s […]
Left-handed people face everyday challenges that their right-handed counterparts never have to worry about, like hand smudges while writing and using scissors made for righties. Though only 10% of the entire population is left handed, many influential people throughout history have been lefties, like Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Babe […]
Only eight United States presidents have been left-handed. Harry S. Truman wrote left-handed as a child, but was forced by his parents to write right-handed. Bill Clinton was the third consecutive president to be left-handed. For much of history, left-handedness was looked down upon, and often lefties were forced into […]
Tuesday August 13 is International Lefthanders Day. About 10% of the population is left-handed. There have been several theories over the years about why some people favour their left hand. A study published last year found that right- or left-handedness may have nothing to do with the brain – instead, […]
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