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- Only 10% of the population is left-handed
- The brains and bodies of lefties may operate differently than those
20 ways being left-handed impacts your health
Photos: Famous left-handers
Barack Obama is the latest in a string of left-handed U.S. presidents. At least four out of the past seven commanders in chief have been southpaws.
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is the latest in a long line of left-handed British royals. According to British media reports, he'd like his toddler son, George, to carry on the tradition.
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Oprah Winfrey is wildly successful television host, entrepreneur ... and left-hander.
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Musicians, like Paul McCartney, are among those said to be more commonly left-handed than the population at large.
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Pele, the famous Brazilian soccer player, was left-handed.
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Actress Julia Roberts is a left-hander.
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Justin Bieber signs autographs and plays the guitar left-handed.
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Left-hander Angelia Jolie used specially made prop guns on the 2001 film "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider."
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Bart Simpson is just one of the characters on "The Simpsons" who are left-handed. Among them, according to the Simpsons Wiki: Bart Simpson, Seymour Skinner, Ned Flanders, Moe Szyslak and Marge Simpson. Why? Perhaps because Simpson creator Matt Groening is a leftie, too.
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