Today is Left-Handers Day. One thing you’ll probably see online or hear on the radio is a list of facts about lefties — one of them being that they die before righties.
Two researchers in Canada put this forward in 1991 and it stuck. Except it’s not true.
The theory was discredited around 20 years ago. Another study claimed lefties are at a higher risk for mental illness. Again, not true.
While more lefties in a study did have more instances of mental illness, the data came from just over 100 people. Not a very thorough study and one that’s no longer relied on.
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