According to the Left-Handers Club:

• Left-handed persons are called sinistral.
• Most left-handers draw figures facing to the right.
• There is a high tendency in twins for one to be left-handed.
• Research from the US National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that among graduates the earning power of left-handed men is 15% greater than that of men who are right-handed.
• Stuttering and dyslexia occur more often in left-handers (particularly if they are forced to change their writing hand as a child).
• 4 out of the last 6 presidents have been left-handed (Ford, Reagan, H.W. Bush, Clinton). (more…)

Here are the words chosen by the American Dialect Society as 2007’s best words or phrases:

• Word of the Year: Subprime, an adjective used to describe a risky or less than ideal loan, mortgage or investment.
• Most Useful: Green, designates environmental concern.
• Most Creative: Googleganger, person with your name who shows up when you Google yourself.
• Most Unnecessary: Happy Kwanhanamas, Happy Holidays. Kwanza + Hanukkah + Christmas.
• Most Outrageous: Toe-tapper, a homosexual. Sen. Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican, was arrested in June for an encounter in a Minneapolis airport bathroom in which toe-tapping as said to have been used as a sexual come-on.

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1. Coach travel is the safest form of road transport in the country.
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2. Saddam Hussein’s codename while in US custody in 2004/5 was “Victor”.
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3. Adding milk to tea negates the health-giving effects of a hot brew.
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4. The word “jaywalking” came from the US slang “jay”, a term popular in the early 20th Century meaning a rustic newcomer unfamiliar with city ways.
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5. Cloudy apple juice is healthier than clear, containing almost double the antioxidants which protect against heart disease and cancer.
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