Left-handers may represent only 10% of the global population, but this unique trait is so distinct that it even has its own celebration: International Left-Handers Day.

        Left- or right-handedness stems from an interplay of factors, ranging from genetics. Two left-handed parents have up to a 25% chance of having a left-handed child to prenatal hormone levels. Most left-handed individuals exhibit a dominant right hemisphere or a well-balanced brain, often enhancing their creative prowess, imagination, and spatial reasoning skills.

        Throughout history, remarkable left-handers have shaped the world. Leonardo da Vinci famously developed mirror writing from right to left to avoid smudging ink. Legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix famously flipped a right-handed guitar upside down and re-strung it to play left-handed. Other iconic left-handed figures include Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Barack Obama, Marie Curie, and Nikola Tesla.

Written, translated, and illustrated by: Ratchanok T.