If you're a lefty, you're one of about 30 millions Americans born with a dominant left hand. In fact, about 10% of the world's population is left-handed, a proportion that's remained consistent for the past 30,000 years. Here are five more facts about southpaws that you might not already know.
1. Lefties excel at math, language, and music. They're well suited for jobs that require a keen sense of spacial awareness, like architecture and the fine arts. Bet you didn't know that four out of the five original designers of the Macintosh computer were lefties!
2. A mom-to-be over the age of 40 is 128% more likely to give birth to a left-handed baby than is an expectant mom in her 20s.
3. Southpaw U.S. Presidents include President Obama, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, and James Garfield.
4. On August 13 of every year, left-handers celebrate International Left-Handers Day.
5. Famous left-handers include Jerry Seinfeld, Drew Barrymore, Brad Pitt, Bill Gates, Jay Leno, and Oprah Winfrey.
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