16 little ways that the world is designed for right-handed people

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Measuring tapes were not made for the left-handed.

Left-handed people make up just 10 percent of the world's population - so it's no surprise that their needs are often forgotten in the design of everyday tools and objects.

Here are 16 little obstacles that lefties face in a world designed for righties. If you're right-handed, you've probably never noticed them before.