Since , the third Thursday of April is recognized as National High Five Day —a hour period for giving familiars and strangers alike as many high fives as humanly possible. For , it's CoachArt , a nonprofit organization that engages kids impacted by chronic illness in arts and athletics. Here are a few more facts about the history of the hand gesture to get you in the high-fiving spirit.
That may sound like a lot of celebration for a simple hand gesture, but the truth is, the act of reaching your arm up over your head and slapping the elevated palm and five fingers of another person has revolutionized the way Americans and many all over world cheer for everything from personal achievements to miraculous game-winning plays in the sports world.
Psychological studies on touch and human contact have found that gestures like the high five enhance bonding among sports teammates, which in turn has a winning effect on the whole team. Put 'er there! There is some dispute about who actually invented the high five. Some claim the gesture was invented by Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Glenn Burke when he spontaneously high-fived fellow outfielder Dusty Baker after a home run during a game in The first-ever high five appears to have happened in , during a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros.
Burke was openly gay among his teammates, and after he was traded to the Oakland Athletics and became an icon in the gay community, the high five became a defiant symbol of gay pride in the Castro district of San Francisco. Get a daily selection of our top stories based on your reading preferences.
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BI-freelancer Baseball. I am wondering why people do the high five only with friends they like. Wonderopolis Apr 22, Madison B Apr 19, I think this wonder was super cool. Because one day I was thinking and I thought about who made up the high five. Wonderopolis Apr 19, Saad alblwi Apr 17, Wonderopolis Apr 17, Cassidy Apr 16, I think that the video is very weird.
We tried it all day and it worked. I thought that was very weird, too. I wonder who invented the hand shake. You should do a wonder on that!! Thank you for responding!! Wonderopolis Apr 16, Earthling Alice Apr 16, I wonder what would happen if you did NOT make a pocket in your hand for the air.
Monnie Apr 16, This is so cool! I really like the 'air pocket' thing. Thank you for putting this video up! Anthony Apr 16, Annie Apr 16, Very interesting!!!! B Apr 16, I really don't know, I was hoping you could tell me purple style, because my favorite color is purple!!!!!!!!!! Wilbanks Apr 16, It doesn't matter who invented it, because everybody does it. That is the most common thing to do.
I didn't like this wonder today. I want tomorrow's to be about a play or poetry. Robert Apr 16, I think it was awesome how they invented the high five. Clayton Apr 16, I don't really think there is a way to figure out God was made.
It's just another mystery, same thing with the unknown side of the moon "or dark side. Miss Kirsten's Kindergarten GT Apr 16, We like giving high fives!
At first we thought tomorrow's Wonder might be about onions until we saw your last post. We can't wait for tomorrow because we don't know what it might be about! We'll keep thinking about it! Olivia from Mrs. Russell's Cla Some of my friends think a scientist, but I think it was a mom!
Baumann's 5th graders and Mr. Carroll's 3rd graders think tomorrow's wonder may be about onions making us cry and then cooking them into something delicious! He didn't teach me how to make these: : and these: actually. I was trying to do the other kind of : faces. They didn't turn up the way I made them.
I really made them with a : and. Draper's Class Apr 16, We do not know what you mean by tomorrow's wonder We might think tomorrow's wonder is why onions make you cry. We love to high five, low five and six five! Thanks for another amazing wonder! Wonder Friend "D" Apr 16, I love it!
I do high fives with my friends all the time! Do you want to give some people high fives, Wonderopolis? I gesture you a high five! The video's weird. My Uncle who's four years older than me taught me how to do these: : and :. Firebolt Apr 16, I never really thought that high 5's were invented. I've just imagined them always existing. I predict tomorrow's wonder is about livestock.
Can you do a wonder on some of the new dwarf planets scientists have discovered? K and P Apr 16, I also like smiley faces do a wonder on smiley faces it would be soooooooo cute! Russell's Class Apr 16, Dear Wonderoplis, We loved reading today's Wonder in our kindergarten class! We were wondering who invented the "fist pump" give me the "rock", finger knuckle bump, or hitting knuckles?
Thanks for the teaching us something new everyday! Russell's Class. Abrianna Apr 16, I think that the next wonder of the day is how some people eat when they are stressed. Desserts spelled backwards is stressed so it could be about that. Sydney Apr 16, Wasn't it James Naismith??????? I forgot and this thing doesn't really tell me or jog my memory Hannah Apr 16, Isabel Apr 16, Today's wonder was wonderful. I never knew when the first high-5 was created so, I would like to thank you for the information.
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