When you think about what they did consume in those days, biscuits with extra live protien, water with all sorts living in it. I’d say a bit of Nelson steeped rum would be a privilege! 
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Feb. 22nd mind blowing random thought of the day: In 1968, AT&T added the * and # buttons to the phone keypad with no purpose in mind, but stated that they figured that someone would someday find a use for them.
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Feb. 23rd mind blowing random thought of the day: Macaulay Culkin was the first child actor to earn $1 million for a single movie, which was for the 1991 film ‘My Girl’ when he was only 11 years old.
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Feb. 24th mind blowing random thought of the day: The Iron Mountain Mine in California is the source of the most acidic waters on Earth with a pH value as low as 3.6, dissolved metal concentrations as high as 200 grams per liter, and sulfate concentrations a high as 760 grams per liter. NASA once sent a robot into the mountain in order to collect data and it was never seen again.
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Feb. 25th mind blowing random thought of the day: Medieval English longbows could fire an arrow further than 300 yards, and so much strength was required to operate them that ancient skeletons can be identified as longbow archers due to their enlarged left arms.
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likely not. Right handedness is just much more common. I imagine back in those days that people who were left handed were not fit for certain jobs/duties, because they didnt cater to the minorities. Meaning they didnt make left handed bows.
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My experience trying out a compound bow requiring a higher than usual amount of force to pull into position (I don’t know the correct terminology) suggests to me you need a large force from both sides. However, the asymmetrical stance and muscle engagement would mean different muscle groups are primarily recruited on each side. Perhaps on the right side, the muscle growth was more spread out, or, as can happen among athletes and people in general, some of the strength gain happened with less muscular hypertrophy and more neurological or efficiency changes (for example, better synchronization of contractions across muscle fibers).
In general, due to the regimented group nature of highly specialized warfare units like this, possibly even in close formation, they probably all used the same arm regardless of whether they were right or left handed. With that combination of distance and technology, the aim was imprecise and relied on a dense group volley of arrows fired vaguely into groups of soldiers to achieve any individual hits, so training likely mattered much more than any initial dexterity.
Just my personal guesses. Not an archaeologist or whoever would know best.
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Same. I’m not the expert. Just hypothesizing. I’d assume that people who were left handed back then were forced to be ambidextrous because of how everything was created for right hands. As a result they were not able to master skills in certain areas.
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Yep, agreed. I think left handedness affects about 1/9 of the population, right?
1 in 10 actually.
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Feb. 26th mind blowing random thought of the day: When a decapitated flatworm regrows its head, it regains all of its memories.
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I wonder how they determine this 
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Good question. Their memory is likely incredibly short. Like whatever is immediately in front of them.
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Can you imagine the flash backs to having your head chopped off.
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But if their memory is short like Rob thinks, hopefully not too traumatic for the little guy. Maybe he’s like Ten Second Tom from 50 First Dates 
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Feb. 27th mind blowing random thought of the day: In 1967, the U.S. and Russia signed a treaty agreeing to never nuke the moon.
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Baby steps. 
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Feb. 28th mind blowing random thought of the: As a child in 1812, President James K. Polk developed stones in his bladder that were too big to pass. Without any anesthetic aside from brandy and being conscious throughout the entire procedure, Dr. Ephraim McDowell operated on Polk to manually remove the stones. Although he survived the ordeal, Polk was left unable to have children during his adult life.
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In the general population, yes. In sports where lefties have some sort of advantage, say boxing or baseball, the percentage is higher…closer to 30%.
In my martial arts training, I train “southpaw” 1 day in three. That means my morning bag or shadowboxing session or evening class is done completely opposite from my natural orthodox stance. I have noticed when sparring that being able to switch stances really messes with my opponent’s heads. Some don’t even realize I’ve done it, but suddenly their punches or kicks won’t land as effectively, and they are getting countered from an angle they weren’t ready for.
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Feb. 29th mind blowing random thought of the day: In 1937, a bill was introduced to U.S. Congress to add Susan B. Anthony’s likeness to Mount Rushmore, but the legislation required that funds only be used to finish the 4 heads that had already been started.
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