Are you a lefty?

 Here are some interesting facts about left-handed people:

1. About 10-12% of the global population is left-handed.
2. Left-handedness has genetic components, but isn't determined by a single gene.
3. August 13th is International Left-Handers Day, celebrated since 1976.
4. Many notable historical figures were left-handed, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Mozart, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein.
5. Left-handed people often excel in certain sports like tennis, baseball, boxing, and fencing, where their different orientation can give them a strategic advantage.
6. The brain's hemispheres work differently in left-handed people, with language functions more often distributed across both hemispheres.
7. Left-handed people often face challenges with everyday items designed for right-handed use, like scissors, can openers, and spiral notebooks.
8. Many cultures historically associated left-handedness with evil or bad luck, reflected in words like "sinister" (from Latin for "left").
9. Left-handed people may have advantages in creative thinking and divergent problem-solving.
10. Some studies suggest left-handed people are overrepresented among artists, musicians, architects, and certain other creative professions.