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I'm a lefthanded person and being lefthanded is important to me. I think of being a lefty occasionally and that means something. So, I'm going to write a few words on "Being Left". Did you know that ...

David Bowie is a lefty.

Crystal Gayle is a lefty.

Studies show that a greater number of lefties are blond.

Some Biblical studies show that Eve was formed from Adam's left rib.

W.C.Fields was a lefty.

Stanley Coren stated in 1992 that, "left-handers may be the last unorganized minorities in our Society, with no real collective power and no real sense of common identity."

Rex Harrison was a lefty.

"Everyone is born right-handed, but only the greatest overcome it" - unknown.

Albert Einstein was left-handed.

The Celtic harp is considered left friendly, as the trebel notes are played with the left hand.

Emperor Charlamange was a suppoed lefty.

Chrlie Chaplin was a lefty.

The fact that righties live longer than lefties is offset by the fact that the world is made of fight-favored products

The German word for "Left" is "Linkisch". It also means "awkward".

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, born in Sacramento, California is a lefty.

Manyvining plants, like the honeysuckle, twists to the left as it climbs.

The left side of your brain controls the right side of your body, and vice versa. It's called "laterilization".

Tom Cruise is a lefty.

Baseball player Barry Bonds is a lefty.

Studies show that lefty's are more likely than righty's to be vegetarians.

Henry Ford and Henry Ford II were a lefties.

Celine Dione and Carly Simon are lefty crooners.

James Cromwell, James Woods and James Caan are all lefties.

Greta Garbo was a lefty.

If you type on a standard QWERTY keyboard, the number of English words typed solely with the left hand is 1147. However, only 187 words can be typed with the right hand.

Bill Gates is a lefty.

Michael Langdon is a lefty.

Whoopie Goldberg is a lefty.

Nearly half the batters in the Baseball Hall of Fame are southpaws.

In France, "passing the weapon to the left" means to die.

Pens provided to the public are useless to lefties, they are all right hand printed.

Ty Cobb was a lefty.

In the sport of polo, it is illegal to play left-handed.

Annie Lennox is a lefty.

Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independance and the United States Constitution with his left hand.

Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York in 2003, was a lefty.

Along with Larry Bird, of the Boston Celtics, and Jerry Seifield are lefties.

Source: "2003 The Left-Hander's Calendar".

David Schaedler June 8, 2015