Lefties Day
Aug. 13th, 2008 06:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lsandersonSpotlight: Once a year the sinistral among us have their day. August 13 is International Lefthanders Day. It would seem that left-handers weren't always as discriminated against as they are today. Studies of cave drawings have even shown a preference for the left hand. There seems to be an equal number of left- and right-handed tools discovered from Stone Age times. One theory for the growing preference for the right hand comes from medieval times: since the heart is on the left side, it would need to be protected in combat by a shield held in the left hand. The weapon needed to be held in the right hand, which became the dominant one.
Quote: "Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!"— Theodor Geisel
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