Being left-handed carries a lot of unnecessary stigma. Throughout generations, there have been myriad myths about southpaws going around, and it still isn’t uncommon in some cultures for children born left-handed to be turned into righties. And while there have also been certain conditions or traits that research has mainly associated with lefties, a new study suggests another rather peculiar connection — left-handed people tend to have more slender-looking faces, and may even be more susceptible to tuberculosis.
That was the main takeaway from a study led by University of Washington School of Dentistry researcher Philippe Hujoel, who observed that people with slender lower faces are 25 percent more likely to be left-handed. And while it would seem that these people have nothing to worry about — having a thin face usually shouldn’t be a matter for concern — the study also observed that these people were also more likely to have an overbite and worse, have a greater chance of contracting tuberculosis.
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