{"id":3471,"date":"2010-08-13T23:58:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T06:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2009-12-05T00:22:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T07:22:24","slug":"national-left-handers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=3471","title":{"rendered":"National Left Hander’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 13 is National Left Hander’s Day <\/strong>and while I can’t say that it’s really educational, the <\/span>website<\/span><\/strong><\/a> looks fun. Check out these <\/span>left handed brain teasers<\/span><\/strong><\/a>! <\/span><\/p>\n

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Left Hander’s<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> certainly earned the right to have a day dedicated to them. And, August 13th is that day. So take a minute to appreciate your left handed friends and loved ones. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Left Handed Facts and Trivia: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sinistrophobia is the fear of left-handedness or things on the left side. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

While many people are left handed, very few are 100% left handed. For example, many Left handers golf and bat right handed. On the other hand, there is a high percentage of righties who are 100% right-handed. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lefties are also called “southpaws”. The term was coined in baseball to describe a left handed pitcher. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesdays are Lefties luck day. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Only about 10% of the population is left handed. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

During the 1600’s people, thought left handers were witches and warlocks.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

International Left Hander’s Day was first celebrated on August 13, 1976. It was started by Lefthander’s International. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

They say everyone was born right handed, and only the greatest overcome it. (he,he,he) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It is believed that all polar bears are left handed. Also see Polar Bear Day. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There is a rumor that octopuses have but one right hand. Scientists are diligently studying this issue. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Think about it: Everyone is a Left Hander in Left Hand, West Virginia. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August 13 is National Left Hander’s Day and while I can’t say that it’s really educational, the website looks fun. Check out these left handed brain teasers! \u00c2\u00a0 Left Hander’s certainly earned the right to have a day dedicated to them. And, August 13th is that day. So take a minute to appreciate your left […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[133],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3471"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3473,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions\/3473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}