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		tftplayer on July 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Multi-Layer Dictionary (2016) Use an asymmetry of the human body. Left is on the same side as your heart.

Freak_NL on July 23, 2019 | [–]

Which is again, only most of time (cf: dextrocardia).

Not as common as left-handedness (one in ten), but still in the order of one in ten thousand people.

pmalynin on July 23, 2019 | [–]

Your heart is squarely in the middle. You feel the heart beat on the left because the ventricle is larger.

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