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It was considered a sign of the devil. People inherently fear what is different; since left handedness is rare people tend to wary of it.

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Why do people use their right hand to shake hands?

People shake with their right hands because, in the olden days, adults had guns and knifes in their right pockets, so, their right hand can quickly pull the weapon out and shoot a bullet or stab them. The reason the law has changed because, we do not want more England people dying so we changed to right hand.


Does the hand that you write with affect how you write?

Yes. Right handed people can pull their hand away as they write, to make room for more letters. Left handed people have to push their hand over paper they've already written on. Left handed people tend to have a different slant to their letters than right handed.


Why Some peoples write with right hand and some peoples write with left hand?

It is just how they are born. Some people force them self or practice to use both hands to write. It's the way the brain is wired left handed people use the right side of the brain while right handed people use left side of brain.


Why are more people right handed then left handed?

Because usaully a human's right side of the body is much more stronger and under control some children were born with their right side more dominant but are taught otherwsie and some are born with the left side being more dominant...you can inherit it or you can change overtime as you are being taught to write


Are left or right handers smarter?

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that left-handed or right-handed people are inherently smarter than the other. Intelligence is not determined by handedness, but rather by a combination of genetic, environmental, and neurological factors.

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What hands Europeans write with?

Has nothing to do with being European or not. Right handed people write with their right, left handed write with their left. There may be some backward places still around, where left handed people are forced to learn to write with their right. But they're getting rarer each year.


Are bees left handed or right handed?

Bee dont have hands


Is jaden smith right handed or left handed?

Jaden Smith can write with both of his hands.


Is Willow Smith left handed?

No, Lilly Allen is not left handed, but it is true that she once had got forced to become left handed.


Are polar left handed or right handed?

Bears don't use their hands.


What hands do the Jonas brothers write with?

Joe- ambidextrous (left and right handed), Nick- right handed, Kevin- ambidetrous.


What if you had two left hands and you were right handed?

Well, you will eventually become left handed.


Is nadal a natually right handed?

Yes. He's coach forced him to go left handed in tennis, when he was 8 y.o. so that he has an advantage against right handed players.


Why is the right hand used to shake hands?

Most people are right-handed, therefore we shake hands with our right (strong) hand.


Are polar bears left handed or right handed?

A polar bear is like a human, they can eitheer be left or right handed. But they are mainly left handed. naw m8 they have no hands yahh downie!!


7 out of 8 children in a school are right-handed What fraction of the children in the school are left-handed?

1 out of 8


Are polar bears left of right handed?

Neither, They don't have hands. They do, however, use their paws ambidexterously .