Do you know the scientific way to describe a kiss is "the anatomical juxtaposition of two orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction."
Do you know the scientific name for
kissing is "philematology".
Do you know a study in 1997 out of Princeton University concluded that our brains are equipped with neurons that help us find our lovers lips in the dark. It is no wonder that many couples enjoy kissing in a dark theater.
Do you know Canadian porcupines kiss one another on the lips.
Do you know in medieval Italy kisses weren't taken, or given, lightly. If a man and a woman were seen embracing in public they could be forced to marry!
Do you know our brains have special neurons that help us locate each others lips in the dark.
Do you know it is estimated that the average person will spend about 20,160 minutes kissing in their lifetime.
Do you know you burn 26 calories in a 1 minute kiss.
Do you know Hershey's Kisses got their name because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
Do you know the first kiss ever shown in a movie was in 1896. The movie, was called "The Kiss".
Do you know 50% of all people kiss before they turn 14.
Do you know kissing helps reduce tooth decay. Kissing increases the mouth's production of saliva, and saliva helps clean the mouth thus aides prevention of tooth decay. That's just one of several
benefits of kissing.
Do you know Eskimos, Polynesians and Malaysians rub noses instead of kissing.
Do you know most kisses in a single movie - 127 in the movie "Don Juan" (1927). Mary Astor and Estelle Taylor got all of those kisses from John Barrymore.
Do you know in Ireland, you will have good luck if you kiss the Blarney Stone.
Do you know matrimonial pollsters' studies prove that a man who kisses his wife good-bye when he leaves for work every morning averages a higher income than does the fellow who doesn't.
Do you know Romans kissed each other on the eyes or the mouth as a greeting.
Do you know in Russia, the highest sign of recognition was a kiss from the Tsar.
Do you know Victorian etiquette required a man to kiss the back of a ladies hand.
Do you know a standard greeting in Europe is a kiss on both cheeks - could be two. . . could be four.
Do you know African tribes pay homage to their Chief by kissing the ground where he has walked.
Do you know longest underwater kiss - 2 minutes and 18 seconds in Tokyo, Japan, on April 2, 1980.
Do you know in Indiana it is illegal for a moustached 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.
Do you know the Chinese didn't kiss until the practice was introduced by Westerners, and they're still not very keen on it.