TIL: there was once an offical salute for the Olympics that is no longer used because of its rebalanced to the nazi salute. It caused lots of confusion at the 1936 Olympics because people couldn't tell if teams were trying to salute the Olympics or the nazis.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-olympic-salute-we-dont-use-anymore-because-it-looked-too-much-like-hei…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gr8s66/til_there_was_once_an_offical_salute_for_the/