thirteen reasons its great to be a lefty 1. Only 8-15% of the worlds population is lefthanded. it is more common in males and more common in south/southeast asia and eastern european descent. as a lefty female of western european descent, i'm somewhat rare 2. Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution with his left hand. 3. Mahatma Gandhi was a lefty 4. The official Boy Scout handshake actually uses the left hand, not the right. The founder of the Scouts was ambidextrous, but he chose the left hand because it is closer to the heart. 5. Jimi Hendrxx was a lefty. 6. When typing, the left hand does most of the work, as the most popular letters (a,e,r,s,t) are on the left side of the keyboard. 7. Albert Einstein was a lefty 8. According to SAT results, left-handed students have higher math scores than right-handed students do. 9. Big Bird is a lefty 10. Not only is matt groening (creator of the simpsons) a lefty but also one of the characters, ned flanders, is a lefty and owns a store in the mall called the leftorium. 11. The only astronaut to fly in all three space programs, Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, was left-handed Wally Schirra. 12. Joan of Arc was a lefty. 13. In ancient Peru, it was believed by the Incas that being left-handed was a sign of good luck.

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