Left-handed people invent a day to celebrate

Left-handers International designated this day — a Friday the 13th — as International Left-Handers Day.

Left-Handers Club gets going

Another group decides it's high time to be recognized as proud left-handers. The Left-Handers Club got underway to "increase public awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed."

Latest left-handed president begins work

According to CNN, newly- inaugurated President Barack Obama signed three documents, quipping "I'm a lefty. Get used to it."

Spread the word about this special lefty day. Or, connect with any of the many left-handers social groups on your favorite social media sites. Leftys are everywhere!

If you're left-handed, walk a right-handed person through a typical activity to make them aware of some of the difficulties faced by left-handed people.

Invite all your left-handed friends over and share some stories about what it was like for them to grow up in a world made for righties.

As listed on the Baseball Reference website, 14 of the top 20 highest career batting averages in Major League Baseball belong to left-handed hitters.

A study published by Yale researchers in 2013 claimed that people with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are more likely to be left-handed than those with depression.

For example, the adjective "sinister" comes from the Latin "sinestra" or "left hand."

Left-handed people may experience so-called periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD), meaning they may kick their arms and legs while asleep.

According to neuroscientists, about 98 percent of right-handers are left-brained — but so are about 70 percent of left-handers!