The Most Unique Facts About Left-Handed People

Published on February 8, 2018
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Some of the greatest artists in history were left handed.

There is a reason that we tend to link creativity and art with left handed people. While this may be purely anecdotal, the fact remains that many of the greatest artists and musicians in world history happened to be left handed. We can look at people like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Mozart, and Beethoven as just a small sampling of the great artists in the left handed world.

Some of the greatest artists in history were left handed

Some of the greatest artists in history were left handed

At certain points in time being left handed was actually dangerous!

Human beings are pretty odd creatures and we will look for any reason to ostracize and hate on some people. Did you know that at certain points in world history being left handed could be seen as a death sentence? No, we don’t mean the casual slow burn death sentence of needing to help lose weight because of a propensity for weight gain, we mean ‘witch like’ death sentence. Historians have found that people once associated left handedness with the devil!

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At certain points in time being left handed was actually dangerous

At certain points in time being left handed was actually dangerous