Facts & Society

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    Left-Handed April Fool Jokes 2019

    April Fools' Day is an annual celebration in the U.K, Europe and some other western countries commemorated on 1st April each year by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes.  The theme of l…

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    Left-handers in Asia

    We often get messages from club members around the world telling us about their experiences and how left-handers are treated in their country. We were recently shown an article about how left-h…

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    6 Things Left-Handers Really Should Know

    We have produced a short report based on feedback from the 140,000 members of our Left-Handers Club that gives you fast access to the most important content across the thousands of pages on our websit…

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    Old books on left-handedness

    We were recently sent the names of a couple of books that got us thinking about how things have changed and how much more positive the attitude to left-handedness is now than it was in the past.   The…

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    Why do sports go anti-clockwise?

    We had a comment on our sports page recently that got us thinking... As far as running round a track is concerned, having watched the olympic speed skating where the athletes go around the track w…

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    Discrimination against lefthanders at work

    We received this email from Ann recently: Hi, I was wondering if you could help me, I work in a small supermarket and have just been told of a new way of scanning the products and packing the bag. …

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    Advantages of being left-handed

    Advantages of being left-handed We often end up complaining about the frustrations of being left-handed, but there are plenty of advantages as well. Here is a list that has been reported in various p…

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    Left-handers angry and emotional?

    Lauren was contacted by the Daily Mail last week for her opinion on some new research that has surfaced, suggesting that we lefties are angrier than the average right hander. The new study, let by Ru…