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TIL that most languages have a bias against left-handed people. Left is derived from ‘lyft’, meaning weak. In Dutch, 'Link’ means cunning. In German, 'link’ means questionable. In Mandarin, it’s zuô, meaning improper, and in Turkish the word for left is sol, which can mean both 'die’ and 'ill’.

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