pucker up! check out these kissing facts. thanks to a conversation at work today, i had quite the learning experience. due to my questioning, we ended up researching "kissing". pathetic, i know. however, don't judge quite yet- you'll be quite surprised and intrigued at this list. i'm still in shock at a few of these.
the average person spends 20,160 minutes of his or her life kissing.
that's two weeks!
kissing improves our skin, helps circulation, prevents tooth decay and can
even relieve headaches.
like fingerprints or snowflakes, no two lip impressions are alike.
2 out of every 3 couples turn their heads to the right when they kiss.
the science of kissing is called philematology.
French kissing involves all 34 muscles in the face. A pucker kiss incolves only two.
you burn 26 calories in a one minute kiss. (a Hershey's kiss contains 26 calories.) a one hour session of kissing can burn over 600 calories! that's more than jogging.
the mouth is full of bacteria. when two people kiss, they exchange between
10 million and 1 billion bacteria. (yuck!)
our brains have special neurons that help us find each other's lips in the dark.
50% of people have their first kiss before the age of 14.
international kissing day is February 5th.
your lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of your fingers.
believe it or not, kissing is still illegal in some parts of the United Sates.
kissing increases your life expectancy. studies show that men live up to 5 years longer, if they kiss their wife before going to work.
as a rule, 66% of people keep their eyes closed while kissing.
passionate kissing elevates your blood pressure, causing your heart to beat faster.
during the middle ages, people signed legal contracts by making and "x" on the document then kissing it to pledge their honor.
according to U.S. statistics, and American woman would kiss an average of 80 men before she gets married.
the list goes on. crazy, right? just something to think about.
my fact? kissing is lovely.
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