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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Some facts about left-handedness for International Left Handers Day. Why you should invest in bird poop. Why Tony Hawk just renamed the “mute air” skateboard trick. And how Australian bars turned their excess expired beer from lockdown into renewable energy. Links: Left Handers Day, August 13th (Left Handers Day) 15 Things You Never Knew About Left-Handed People (Reader’s Digest) Geneticists Are Untangling the Mystery of Left-Handedness (Gizmodo) Why is left-handedness rare? It comes down to these 2 words (Fast Company) Seabird poop is worth millions, say scientists trying to save the birds (CNN) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Renames Trick To Properly Honor Its Deaf Creator (Kotaku) Beer unsold during lockdown has been turned into renewable energy (CNN) AMC theaters to return this month with 15-cent tickets and old favorites (Mashable) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.7	Welcome to the good news ride home for Thursday, August 13th, 2020.
0:40.8	I'm Jackson Bird.
0:42.3	Some facts about left-handedness for International Left-Hander's Day.
0:47.5	Why you should invest in bird poop.
0:51.2	Why Tony Hawk just renamed the Mute Air Skateboard Trick, and how Australian bars turned
0:58.4	their excess expired beer from lockdown into renewable energy.
1:03.5	Here are some of the cool things from the news today.
1:09.3	Southpaws, today is your day. Today, August 13th, is officially international Left Handers Day.
1:17.0	Founded in 1992 by the UK-based Left Handers Club, Left Handers Day is a day to raise public awareness
1:24.0	about the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed. According to the official
1:29.2	website, celebrations around the globe in recent years have included, quote, left versus right
1:35.1	sports matches, a left-handed tea party, pubs using left-handed corkscrews where patrons drank and
1:41.9	played pub games with the left hand only, and nationwide
1:45.1	lefty zones where left-handers creativity, adaptability, and sporting prowess were celebrated,
1:51.3	whilst right-handers were encouraged to try out every day left-handed objects to see just how
1:56.5	awkward it can feel using the wrong equipment." End quote.
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