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Why No One Uses the Official Olympic Salute Anymore (2016x155)

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→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Greased Pole Climbing in the Olympics... and 8 Other Sports Facts https://youtu.be/xmZpzVDr5M0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO The Olympic Tug-of-War... and 8 Other Sports Facts https://youtu.be/uR3KpfWcrHw?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO In this video: In this Olympic salute, your right arm should be held out, slightly to the side, and pointing in an upward angle. Likewise, your palm should be out and your fingers touching. The Nazi salute is more or less performed the same way, except it is customary to hold your arm straight in front of you, instead of partially to the side. As you might imagine, the Olympic salute fell out of favor after WWII. Despite this, the International Olympic Committee hasn’t yet replaced it with a different salute, even if nobody would dare use it anymore for fear of being misinterpreted. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/08/the-official-olympic-salute-stopped-being-popularly-used-after-wwii-due-to-strongly-resembling-the-heil-hitler-salute/ Sources: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618919104/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0618919104&linkCode=as2&tag=vicastingcom-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1845136950/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1845136950&linkCode=as2&tag=vicastingcom-20 http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0801.html http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reports/EN/en_report_1303.pdf http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-503870/Howl-Hitler-German-taught-dog-Nazi-salute-paw-jailed.html http://registration.olympic.org/en/faq/d