hold your hands out in front of you, with the thumbs and index fingers extended. The one that looks like an L is your left hand, and therefore tells you which way is left.

Now turn your hands over. The one that looks like an L is your right hand.

Left and right are rotational concepts, unlike up and down. See why mirrors reverse LEFT and RIGHT, but not UP and DOWN.

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