Left-handed leaders

As a left-hander I am always amazed that other left-handers like president Barack Obama twist their hands to such an uncomfortable angle when they write, when it is far easier to slightly turn the page you are writing on instead.

Left-handed leaders

But Obama is far from being the first, or most recent US president, who is a ciotóg. Their history in the White House goes back to Abraham Lincoln, who was also left-handed. Clinton and Bush Snr are left-handed, while Reagan and Ford were ambidextrous, but used their left hand.

Napoleon, da Vinci, Aristotle and Jimi Hendrix and Bill Gates were left-handed.

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