- You burn 26 calories in a one minute kiss.
- The average person spends two weeks of their life kissing.
- The scientific name for kissing is philematology.
- Beware where you kiss!
In some places kissing is a crime - it's illegal in Indiana for a mustached man to "habitually kiss human beings", in Hartford, Connecticut it's illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sunday, and in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, it's a crime to kiss a stranger. - Victorian etiquette required a man to kiss the back of a ladies hand.
- French kissing involves all 34 muscles in the face. A pucker kiss involves only two
- Kissing is good for teeth. The anticipation of a kiss increases the flow of saliva to the mouth, giving the teeth a plaque-dispersing bath
- Kissing at the conclusion of a wedding ceremony can be traced to ancient Roman tradition where a kiss was used to sign contract
- Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss. Some scholars speculate this preference starts in the womb
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