Left handers do it better

As some of you know I grew up ambidextrious. I would write with both hands equally. I'd start the sentence with my left, finish with my right. Well some teacher or other decided that it would ruin my sense of center if I continued and I was told I needed to pick a hand. Being the defiant little brat that I was I picked my left hand. I did this because it was different, I mean really...everyone else was right handed, why be like them? Ever since that fateful day I've loved being left handed (except when the spiral binding digs into my hand, or pencils...ooo I hate those!).

• Hand orientation is developed in fetuses, most commonly determined by observing which hand is predominantly held close to the mouth
•  In Hebrew, as well as in other ancient Semitic and Mesopotamian languages, the term "left" was a symbol of power or custody
• A left-handed individual may be known as a southpaw
• Chris McManus of University College London argues that the proportion of left-handers is increasing and left-handed people as a group have historically produced an above-average quota of high achievers. He says that left-handers' brains are structured differently in a way that increases their range of abilities
• Stuttering and dyslexia occur more often in left-handers (particularly if they are forced to change their writing hand as a child, like King of England George VI).
• 4 of the 5 original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed
• 10% of the population around the world are left handed
• brain dominance makes left-handers more likely than right handers to be creative geniuses. This is supported by higher percentages of left-handers than normal in certain jobs and professions - music and the arts, media in general.
• The three candidates who ran in the 1992 U.S. presidential election, George Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot were all left-handed.
• More men are left handed than women
• Twins have a high percentage of lefthandedness
• Left handed person likely to die on average 9 years earlier than right handed counterparts (WELL THAT SUCKS!)