Left hand habit

Every year, August 13th is celebrated as International Left-handers day.

As per stats, 4 out of 100 people in the world have left hand habit.

So what defines this left hand and right hand habit?

As per scientists it depends on the controlling force behind the brain.

Generally, our brain’s right side controls the left side of our body while left brain controls right side of the body.

So how is this brain and body side linked?

There are quite a few nerves that start from brain and ends in the opposite side of the body.

These nerves play an important role in defining our hand habit.

Sir Thomas Browne’s “Vulgar errors” book was the first to talk about the link between the brain and the left hand habit.

Popular left handers:

Alexander the great, Aristotle,

Artists - Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci

Scientists - Benjamin franklin, Sir Isaac newton, Marie Curie

Actors / Actresses - Charley Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie,

Sports personalities - Popular tennis player Martina Navratilova

Leaders - Former US presidents George Bush, Bill Clinton and current president Barack Obama.

Business legends - Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)

Even Sachin Tendulakar is left handed, though he is a right handed batsman and bowler.