Tuesday, May 8, 2012

10 Facts About Kissing


They say a kiss is the shortest distance between two people, and this statement couldn’t be more true. Even though the origin of the word ‘kiss’ is uncertain, some say it comes from the old English word ‘cyssan‘. Although there is a lot of stigma attached to this word and act, a kiss need not always have sexual undertones. There are many kissing techniques, different positions and a variety of kisses that you mus have never heard of. In fact a kiss on the cheek is a way of greeting in many countries. Rather than getting into the details of kissing tips or other such ‘well-known’ attributes of this act, let us see 10 facts about kissing that are likely to take you by surprise.
10 Facts About Kissing You Didn’t Know
While kissing tips is something which everyone takes keen interest in, not many people out there must have heard much about the ten kissing facts enlisted below.
  1. While a simple and harmless peck on the cheek or lips requires the efforts of only two muscles of the face, a passionate kiss puts all the thirty-four muscles of the face into action!
  2. Only one out of three couples have a tendency of turning their head to the left when kissing.
  3. If you thought that only fingerprints and tongueprints are unique to every individual, think again! One of the 10 strange facts about kissing is that every individual’s lip print is unique in nature, just like their tongue and fingerprints.
  4. It is said that kissing gives people the same high and feel-good feeling as does parachuting, bungee jumping and running! This is because the neurotransmitters released while kissing are the same as those released when doing any physically stressful activity. Thus, when kissing passionately, your heart tends to beat at a faster rate and your breathing becomes deep and irregular. Kissing is also said to improve the health of skin and give the face a glow.
  5. One of the interesting 10 facts about kissing is that the longest onscreen kiss was between Regis Tommey and Jane Wyman in the movie You’re in the Army Now. This kiss lasted for a total of three minutes and five seconds! Similarly, the film with the maximum number of kisses is Don Juan (1926) wherein John Barrymore and Mary Astor shared a total of 127 kisses! This is surely what would be counted as one of the cheesy cute kissing facts.
  6. You must have surely noticed that a lot of people end their letters with ‘XXX’, which stands for kisses. Well, the origin of this lies in the fact that in the Middle Ages, people who were not literate used to write ‘X’ as their signature and then, to show their sincerity, they would kiss their marked ‘X’. Eventually, the ‘X’ itself came to be known as a kiss although back then you could say, X really did mark the spot! Surely, one of the random facts about kissing that you must have not known!
  7. The term ‘French kiss’ is said to have become a part of the English language in the 1920s. It was initially a taunt on the French culture, where it was always assumed that the French culture was always very concerned about sex. However, in France, contrary to what people say, a French kiss isn’t just called a kiss, but is called a tongue kiss or a soul kiss because it is said that if done properly, a French kiss feels like two souls merging.
  8. When speaking of 10 facts about kissing, let’s talk of statistics. It is said that almost 95% men like to give what is known as an Eskimo kiss, which does not involve lips but only playful rubbing of noses. Also, if you talk of teen dating and kissing, then it may shock you to know that almost 50% of people kiss for the first time by the time they’re fourteen years of age. The average person spends around two weeks of his or her life simply kissing.
  9. You can burn up to twenty-six calories in a one minute long and passionate kiss! So, if you want to rid yourself of all those unnecessary calories, then rather than learning how to do weight training, you need to start learning how to French kiss!
  10. The lips are said to be one of the most sensitive parts of the body. It is said that lips are two hundred times more sensitive than fingertips!
These were 10 facts about kissing that must have left you left you awestruck. Who knew kissing was the answer to weight loss and good skin? So, think about these 10 fun facts about kissing next time you lock lips with that special someone!

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