Left-handed geniuses

Many of his students had to suffer because they were caught by their parents and teachers. In fact, there are many people who are left-handed, like French emperor Napoleon, Queen Victoria, Cuban President Fidel Castro .

The world famous geniuses are left-handed

Folk has the phrase "The hand (left) is beating, not breaking, hitting the wife without pain " with the meaning of disparaging left-handed people does not make any empty play. However, in fact, from the past to present, there are many geniuses who are the handlers. To remind this as well as to share with " a part of the world ", people have established the International Day of Left-Handers, August 13.

On this day, in many parts of the world, exciting activities took place, in which the "hand" also suggested that right-handed people work (open cork, use ax to chop wood .) just by left hand. They also gave each other gifts that were specially made for the hand.

The trend to protect left-handed people is available in the US more than 50 years ago. That's when a handcuff policeman was fired when he refused to wear a holster with a pistol on the right. After that, a movement broke out to fight police guards. Finally, he was returned to work in the industry.

Accounted for 10% of the population

There are over 600 million people in the world. One in 10 people is not right-handed. Scientists have worked hard to answer the question: Why are the majority of us right-handed and why are left-handed people? So far, there is no answer yet.

Left-handed people are usually born around the last 6 months of the year; In the spring, it is rare to have a hand-to-hand delivery. Women who have the right hand have 42% higher risk of breast cancer than right-handed people.

34% of gay men and 91% of lesbians are handlers . If one of the parents hands off, the likelihood of giving birth is like 17%. This number increased to 46% for couples who are left-handed and only 2% in the remaining cases.

Damaged but good

Even if the handlers are much more disadvantaged (for example, when they go to high school they are forced to learn to write with their right hands, the majority of things are made for the right-handers), they seem to be more successful . In 2006, researchers at Lafayette College and Johns Hopkins University reported and concluded: College-educated male students are 15% richer than right-handed people; and this indicator at university level is 26%.

In every field, every district, geniuses are hand-directed, which makes people admire their hat.

President Obama is like many other US presidents like James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Henry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush and Bill Clinton left-handed. Some scientists argue that forwarders have good language skills and this is an important condition to lead to political success.

Bill Gates , the founder of Microsoft, is also left-handed. Some other US entrepreneurs like Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor; John D. Rockefeller - the boss of Standard Oil; Lou Gerstner - former CEO of IBM.

Oprah Winfrey , the African-American television queen, is also among the left-handed group with other female stars like Marilyn Monroe, Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie.

Babe Ruth is a famous baseball legend in the early 20th century. From 1915 to 1919, Ruth was in 85 wins. The famous left-handed players are Sandy Koufax, Warren Spahn, Steve Carlton .

French Emperor Napoleon in the early 19th century after capturing Europe ordered that everyone must go to the right of the road. Previously in Europe often went to the left of the road, especially the knights. Thus, if they meet an enemy they can use their right hand to swing their sword. This is very detrimental for Napoleon because he is left-handed. After Napoleon ordered, many countries followed, except England - where Napoleon could not take - still left the road.

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519), left-handed, left-handed, writing from left to right in a mirror-like manner. At first, his writings could not be read but gradually, people discovered his strange writing. Some scientists think that because he is left-handed, if writing from left to right, it will cause dirty. It is the left-handedness that makes the talent of the genius blooming because he will contemplate and think about problems at different angles.

Marie Curie (1867-1934) was a French Polish chemist. She won twice the Nobel Prize: Physics in 1903 and chemistry in 1911. This world famous woman is left-handed. Another interesting coincidence is that her husband also used his hands and won a Nobel Prize. Other famous scientists such as Albert Einstein and Isaak Newton also took the initiative.

Aristotle is a philosopher, educator and scientist who has created a great influence in world civilization. He is considered one of the most important Greek philosophers. His thoughts are still deeply influential until today.

Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970) is a famous African-American guitarist. Hendrix is ​​considered one of the most influential music artists in rock n roll history. He was voted the greatest guitarist in history by Rolling Stone magazine and the fifth artist in the list of 100 artists of all time. Because of his left-handed, Hendrix can wear a reverse strap and still play as sweet as usual.