August 13 marks the celebration of International Left Handers Day. To celebrate the occasion, here are some cool facts and tidbits gathered from throughout the internet.
According to the Institute of Fiscal Studies, left handed men earn more right handed men do. The same isn't true for women however:
"Augmenting a conventional earnings equation with an indicator of left handedness shows there is a well determined positive effect on male earnings with non-manual workers enjoying a slightly larger premium. These results are inconsistent with the view that left-handers in general are in some sense handicapped either innately or through experiencing a world geared towards right-handers. The results for females however reveal the opposite, left-handed females are paid significantly less."
The common stereotype is that lefties are often creatively inclined. That seems to be true, seeing as great artists, actors, muscians like Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Jim Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Angelina Jolie are all left handed.
Lefties seem to have a knack for leadership as well. Five of the last seven US presidents including Barack Obama are all lefties. The British Royal Family has a long lineage of left handers as well.
The website lefthandersday.com notes:
This brain dominance makes left-handers more likely than right handers to be creative and visual thinkers. This is supported by higher percentages of left-handers than normal in certain jobs and professions - music and the arts, media in general. Left-handers are also generally better at 3-dimensional perception and thinking, leading, for example, to more left-handed architects than normal.
Being left handed does have it's downsides though:
LEFT HANDERS KNOW THE STRUGGLE #lefthandersday pic.twitter.com/iCtmiLv3vH
— ur hoe zoe (@hescaptivated) August 13, 2015
Right handed people... who's guilty?! #lefthandersday pic.twitter.com/zgaAgKtGJl — SilvermereIOTL (@SilvermereIOTL) August 13, 2015
Not to mention that fact only about 10% of the whole population is left handed.
