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10%
of the world's population is left-handed.

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Famous left-handed people include Napoleon, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Einstein,Newton, Bill Gates, Oprah, Obama and Jimi Hendrix.

3
40%
of schizophrenics are left-handed, despite being only 10% of the world's population

4
Every August 13th
is celebrated
"Left-Handers Day"
since 1996.

5
Right-handed people tend to chew food on the right side while left-handed tend to chew on the left side.

6
More than 2,500 left-handedpeople are killed every year by using equipment meant for right-handed people.

7
Left-handers
die
3 years earlier
than
right-handed
people.

8
There are more left-handed people with IQs over 140 than right-handed people, a study found.

9
Premature babies are more likely to be left-handed, many studies suggest.

10
Homosexuals are
39%
more likely to be
left-handed.

11
Left-handed soldiers prepare and throw grenades upside down because of how the safety pin is placed.

12
Inherited genes account for just 25%of the chance of being left-handed, a study found.

13
Left-handed people are affected by post-traumatic stress far more than those who are right-handed, a research revealed

14
Left-handed people earn up to 12% less than right-handed people, a study found.

15
Left-handed people process things faster than righties while playing computer games or sports.

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Left-handed people process multiple stimuli faster than righties.

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Left-handed people have an increased cognitive flexibility, switching quickly between thinking about two concepts.

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