Witches, polar bears and ink stains – inside the ‘secret club’ just 10% of people can join

What’s it like growing up left-handed in a right-handed world? (Picture: Getty/Metro)

Just 10% of the entire global population are left-handed – roughly 830 million people out of 8 billion.

Ask any lefty how life is as part of this minority and they’ll (eagerly) tell you the honest truth: the world is built for right-handed people.

From smudgy notebooks to fridges that open the ‘wrong’ way, our left-handed comrades are suffering a daily struggle the rest of us know nothing of.

What’s worse, social stigma has turned lefties into walking, talking bad luck charms – the human equivalent of a broken mirror.

Why there are so few of these left-handed unicorns among us remains somewhat of a mystery.

Scientists typically chalk it up to evolution, while conspiracy theorists have their own ideas (in fringe corners of the internet, you’ll find people who don’t believe left-hander...