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A new(ish) and form of greeting and showing has been found to be more hygienic than shaking hands. We have all seen it on TV. Basketball and baseball do it after a teammate scores. Rock stars and do it at awards ceremonies. Even U.S. President Barack Obama does it. What is it? Well, it's fist bumping. It's kind of like a high , except the hand is clenched into a and the other person's fist is given a gentle nudge, knuckles to . Researchers at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales have discovered that this twenty-first-century greeting spreads one- of the germs than a traditional handshake does and around one-tenth of the in a high five.

An on Wikipedia explains that the fist bump originated with American motorcycle in the 1940s. It was easier and to fist bump another rider than to shake hands when two bikes were side by at traffic lights. It achieved global 70 years later when in 2008, President Obama and his wife Michelle fist bumped during a presidential campaign speech. There is less skin-to- contact during a fist bump so the chance of spreading germs is . A researcher said: "People rarely think about the health of shaking hands, but if the general public could be encouraged to fist bump, there is a potential to reduce the spread of infectious diseases.

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