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  2. Left- and right-hand traffic - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 March 2025. Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction Countries by direction of road traffic, c. 2020 Left-hand traffic Right-hand traffic No data Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side or to the right side of ...

  3. Sinistral and dextral - Wikipedia

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    Over 90% [1] of gastropod species have shells in which the direction of the coil is dextral (right-handed). A small minority of species and genera have shells in which the coils are almost always sinistral (left-handed). Very few species show an even mixture of dextral and sinistral individuals (for example, Amphidromus perversus). [2]

  4. Handedness - Wikipedia

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    In his book Right-Hand, Left-Hand, Chris McManus of University College London argues that the proportion of left-handers is increasing, and that an above-average quota of high achievers have been left-handed. He says that left-handers' brains are structured in a way that increases their range of abilities, and that the genes that determine left ...

  5. Homochirality - Wikipedia

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    In biology, 19 of the 20 natural amino acids are homochiral, being L-chiral (left-handed), while sugars are D-chiral (right-handed). [1] Homochirality can also refer to enantiopure substances in which all the constituents are the same enantiomer (a right-handed or left-handed version of an atom or molecule), but some sources discourage this use ...

  6. Here’s why Americans drive on the right and the UK drives on ...

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    It turns out that about 30% of the world’s countries mandate left-side driving and another 70% or so stay to the right. How it got that way is a winding tale. In Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte ...

  7. Ambidexterity - Wikipedia

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    Michael Clarke is naturally a left handed person who bowls left handed but bats right handed. Akshay Karnewar is an ambidextrous bowler. Originally, he only bowled with his right hand, but since he does everything else with his left hand, he was taught to bowl left-handed as well but needs to signal to the umpire when he switches hands when ...

  8. 14 things you never knew about left-handed people - AOL

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    Only 10 percent of the population is left-handed. While there may not be many of them, being left-handed sure does come with some surprising perks! 14 things you never knew about left-handed people

  9. Wrong-way driving - Wikipedia

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    It can occur on either one-or two-way roads, as well as in parking lots and parking garages, and may be due to driver inattention or impairment, or because of insufficient or confusing road markings or signage, [1] or a driver from a right-hand traffic country being unaccustomed to driving in a left-hand traffic country and vice versa.