Name: Left Handers Day - Behind the News
Uploaded: 2018-09-24T07:27:58.000Z
Duration: 3 min 50 s
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MATT: What do these people have in common?

Past simple

If you answered with, "They're all awesome,"

you'd probably be right, but there's one more thing.

Me and my close friends here are all left-handed.

Around one in every 10 people are left-handed,

But no-one really knows why left-handed people

Some theories are that there's a left-handed gene,

that the brains of lefties are just wired differently

or that left-handers might be copying the behaviour

Scientists have found almost all kangaroos are left-handed too.

And while that hasn't stopped our kangaroo friends

throughout history it's been a different story for humans.

Lefties have been called witches, unclean, possessed by the devil

kids were actually forced to use their right hand —

but having said that, this is really messy.

Today, no-one is going to call you a witch for being left-handed,

but there are still some pretty big disadvantages

it's pretty hard to learn how to play an instrument

I do magic, and I have to learn certain moves with my hand

and I have to force them to do those sort of positions

Being a lefty has encouraged Alex to work really hard

But that's not the only unexpected benefit.

Some studies have shown that being left-handed means you're more likely

to be good at subjects like music and math.

There's also a really high proportion of geniuses

although that could just be a coincidence.

when you're playing sport against right-handed people too.

your writing is more neater and you draw better

I don't think that you're different in a bad way.

I think that you're unique in a special way.

Anyway, that's what Left-handers' Day is all about —

celebrating left-handedness and why we're proud of it.

Plus, it's a really good excuse to make right-handed people