What do Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Oprah Winfrey and Lady Gaga have in common?
Aside from their philanthropy, popularity and all-around inspiration, they're also all left-handed. So if you're a lefty, give yourself a round of applause.
Thursday, Aug. 13, is a great day to be a lefty; it's the annual Left-Handers Day.
According to the Left-Handers Day website, the day is meant to "increase public awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed."
The unofficial holiday was launched in 1992 by the Left-Handers club in the United Kingdom, and it's the one day out of the year set aside to celebrate left-handers.
Left-handers have it rough in a mostly right-handed world. They have to deal with smudged hands while trying to write, fumbling around with scissors more suitable for our right-handed friends and repeatedly bumping their hands while writing in binders.
There have been times throughout history where left-handedness was used to single people out for being unclean, or even witches.
Over the years the left-handed struggle has become easier with social media,web resources and products all designed to help out this community.
However, since the 1990s lefties have been given their own day, recognition not given to our right-handed friends. Brag while you can because lefties only have 24 hours to celebrate.
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