TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

August 13 was National Left-Hander's Day, a celebration founded by the Left-Handers Club to honor all of the lefties out there. I guess this celebration is now in its 13th year, and has seen such competitions as right vs. left sports matches and left-handed drinking events.

In honor of this day, I'd like to give a shout-out to all of the lefties out there and have some fun facts just for you today...

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Let not the right side of your brain know what the left side doeth."

HINT: (1856-1950). was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics.

RANDOM TIDBITS
Sinistrality is the formal name for left-handedness and carries quite a history. It's based on the Latin word "sinistra," for "on the left."

Throughout the ages, left-handedness has been associated with weakness, impurity or evil. Today, few would consider the left-handers in our midst evil, but they do have to endure numerous inconveniences of a right-handed world.

About 10 percent of the world's population is believed to be left-handed, although the number ebbs and flows with time and place, researchers say. In more free-wheeling times and cultures, researchers say, left-handedness is more common, while in more restrictive times and places, the incidence seems to be reduced.

Leaders throughout history are more likely to be left-handed. Left-handed U.S. presidents include current leader Barack Obama and former White House chiefs Bill Clinton, George Bush and Gerald Ford.

Lefties may be under-represented in the human species, but our furry friends in the animal kingdom are more than making up for it. Around 50 percent of cats are left-handed, according to research.

Southpaws are more prone to have allergies and migraines, and research suggests that they are also more likely to become alcoholics. It's because the right side of the brain has a lower tolerance to alcohol.

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Let not the right side of your brain know what the left side doeth."

ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw.

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