This is sort of an odd question but I really did want to know why people even when they are left-handed always shake hands with their right hand. Well I went forth to look it up and it had a strange connection to of all things toilet paper. Apparently before the advent of toilet paper people were forced to find means of cleaning themselves after their business was done. Well first of all they didn’t even have toilets and after they got done using the “bathroom”, which was the courtyard for napoleon, they would simply wipe with their left hand. Later on in the day when they needed to great a guest with a hand shake they used their right hand and kept their smelly left hand at their side. This habit and tradition just stuck with us and some theorize that it was part of the reason that being right handed is so dominate.
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