Everybody is born right-handed; only the gifted overcome it.

Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon with his left foot first.

7 to 10 percent of the adult population was left-handed.

Left-handedness is more common in males than females.

Exposure to higher rates of testosterone before birth can lead to a left-handed child.

Left-handed men are 15 percent richer than right-handed men for those who attended college, and 26 percent richer if they graduated.

Scouts shake with their left hand, not their right.

Left handers are better at reading mirror-writing than right handers.

Nearly all the characters in the Muppets were left handed.

Using a standard “qwerty” keyboard, and typing with both hands in the conventional manner, the number of words in English that are typed solely with the left hand is in the neighborhood of 3400. Around 450 words are typed solely with the right hand.

In the 1992 U.S. Presidential election, all three major candidates were left-handed.