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Positively Interesting Left Handers Day Fun Facts

I don’t know how we managed it, but all three of our offspring are left handers. According to our source, Scientific American, only 10 percent of the world’s population are…

Left Handers Day Fun Facts

Left Handers Day Fun Facts

Catherine Lane

I don't know how we managed it, but all three of our offspring are left handers. According to our source, Scientific American, only 10 percent of the world's population are south paws. Here are some left handers day fun facts. Because, it is international left handers day.

Left Handers Day Fun Facts

For some reason, all three of ours are left handed which is very unusual. It could be because both my dad and my husband's dad were among the special left handed ones. And the inherited predisposition for left handedness skipped a generation. Left handed people are unique and for more than just which hand they write with.

Famous Left Handed Leaders

Here are a few fun facts about left handers according to bbc.com. Well for one thing, the future King of England, Prince William is left handed. So are a couple of Presidents like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. So was the war time Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchhill.

Other Cool Facts About Lefties

When I was going to school, teachers would try and get left handed kids to write with their right hand. I mean those right handed scissors are difficult. But nowadays, people are accepted for who they are. Even if it is a little out of the ordinary.

Fun Facts About Left Handers

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Here are more positively interesting left handers day fun facts. Left handed people reportedly use the right hemisphere of their brain more. And that is linked to creativity and spatial awareness. Because of the brain structure of lefties, they may excel at multi tasking due to brain structure. Left handed athletes may have an advantage over their opponents due to their unfamiliarity facing left handers.

According to Scientific American, some research even indicates that left handed people may recover from injuries faster than right handed people. And lefties are more prone to pursue creative careers such as art or music. So if you are unique like my Emily, Will and Aiden, celebrate. You are out of the ordinary and spectacularly made.


South Carolina Has The No. 1 Best City to Raise a Family in 2022

The Southern part of the United States is known for its rich history, hearty foods, country and jazz music, as well as a slower pace of life. Have you ever thought about raising a family there? In that case, you might want to start planting roots in South Carolina.

Dwellics, the authority in U.S. City-Data and personalized advice on where to move. They released their list of the top 100 best cities to raise a family in the south. To compile the report, Dwellics analyzed over 20,000 cities in Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. They paid particular attention to the quality of education, community, climate comfort, infrastructure, safety, and finance of each state. Well, you'll be pleased to find out one of South Carolinas cities has the number one spot. The best part is, it's not far from Charlotte either!

Why are people moving?

According to the report by Upwork, the world's largest work marketplace, America's shift to remote work is resulting in a significant increase in migration; this surge in households planning to move overwhelmingly affects those who live in major cities. As more parents and families are finding, being untethered means being able to relocate to seek out the best for their families, including searching for the type of family-friendly communities with exceptional amenities abundant in the South. Here are the top 15 cities that made the list below. You can see the full report here.

15. Mountain Brook, Alabama

Overall Score
95.92

14. West Point, Virginia

Overall Score
96.06

13. Fish Hawk, Florida

Overall Score
96.07

12. Chickahominy district, Virginia

Overall Score
96.28

11. Madison, Alabama

Overall Score
96.65

10. Independent Hill, Virginia

Overall Score
96.86

9. Oviedo, Florida

Overall Score
96.91

8. Union, Kentucky

Overall Score
97.17

7. Frisco, Texas

Overall Score
97.5

6. Trussville, Alabama

Overall Score
97.92

5. Brentwood, Tennessee

Overall Score
97.99

4. Sugar Land, Texas

Overall Score
98.11

3. Short Pump, Virginia

Overall Score
98.17

2. Lucas, Texas

Overall Score
98.66

1. Fort Mill, South Carolina

Overall Score
99.99

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Catherine Lane is the morning show co-host and midday host on Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has been with the station for the past 24 years and is a recipient of the Academy of Country Music Major Market Personality of the Year award. Catherine has been on air in both radio and television in the Queen City for 38 years. As a content creator for Country 1037, Catherine writes blogs on local events and restaurants. She also writes about great travel spots and out of the way places in the Carolinas. Anything outdoors, travel, food, animals or the many country artists from the Carolinas.