TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

If any of my readers out there are left-handed, these facts are just for you! Did you know that August 13th is designated as Left-Hander's Day, to "celebrate your right to be left-handed"? Check out the official website:
http://www.lefthandersday.com/

I always thought it would be cool to be ambidextrous and write well with both hands. I certainly do not possess that skill! Oh well, enjoy today's trivia!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."

HINT: (1934-1992), Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist.

RANDOM TIDBITS
Tests conducted by St. Lawrence University in New York found that there were more left-handed people with IQs over 140 than right-handed people. Famous left-handed intellectuals include Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Benjamin Franklin.

The Incas thought left-handers were capable of healing and that they possessed magical abilities. The North American Zuni tribe believed left-handedness signified good luck.

Herbert Hoover is believed to be the first left-handed U.S. president, though James Garfield could write Greek with the left hand and Latin with the right.

Connections between the right and left sides of the brain are faster in the left-hand people. This means information is transferred faster, making left-handers more efficient in dealing with multiple stimuli and using both sides of the brain more easily.

Researchers postulate that the proportion of left-handers has remained constant for over 30,000 years.

Some scholars postulate that increased levels of testosterone in the womb increase the chances of becoming left-handed. This may explain the correlation that seems to exist between left-handedness and some immune disorders, as testosterone has been linked to immune disorders.

VIDEO CLIP
Amazing Hand Paintings
Check out this clip featuring some amazing hand painting art. These were done by the artist Guido Daniele. Enjoy!

Watch It Now: Amazing Hand Paintings


*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
Screaming, soaring,
Seeking sky
Flowers of fire,
Flying high
Blue, green, red, gold
Gaze at me in the night
An amazing feat,
I give out light
Eastern art,
From ancient time.
Name me now,
And solve this rhyme.

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "It is not our differences that divide us. It is our
inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those
differences."

ANSWER: Audre Lorde.

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