Fun facts about kissing

                                                  The French KISS

French Kiss Involves all 34 muscles on the face

A Pucker Kiss involves only TWO

Longest KISS

30.59 Hours Rich Langley and Louisa Almedovar 2001 USA

31.18 Hours Andrea Sarti and Anna Chan 2004 Italy

31.30 Hours James Belshaw and Kristina Reinhart 2009 Germany

How ever it’s a Homosexual couple from New Jersey  Matty and Bobby,

who currently holds the record 33 Hours even on 18^th and 19^th September 2010

Kissing is Healthy

Passionate Kissing burns 6.4 calories a minute

Scientist believe that the kissing can be a way to exchanging body salt or sebum 

that forms relationship with couples, just as it does with some birds.

During mating, some birds chew food and then kiss fed to the prospective mate.

 If a birds sebaceous glands are removed there will be no sebum formation 

and the mate will fly off.

Kissing is good for teeth. The anticipation of kiss increases the flow of saliva to 

the mouth, giving the teeth a plaque dispersing bath 

Origin of Kissing

Kissing evolved from positive mates, sniffing each others’ pheromones 

for biological compatibility. And then as they say one thing led to another.

Monkey Kisses

Common Chimps kiss with open mouth but not tongue

Bonobos, the most intelligent of the primates do kiss with their tongues.

Movie Kisses

One third of American made movies have been western. 

The first western movie was titled “THE KISS”

The first ONSCREEN Kiss was shot in the year 1896 by the Edison Company.

 The May Irwin Jon C. Rice Kiss, the film was 30 seconds long and  

consisted entirely a man and a women kissing close up.

Most kisses in a single movie – 127 In the movie “Dan Juan” (1927). 

Mary Astor and Estelle Taylor got all of those kisses from John Barrymore.

Kiss = X

“X” is the end of correspondent letter representing a contact of lips during Kiss.

Kiss of DEATH

The kiss of Judas, the origin of the term “Kiss of Death”,

 Juda’s betrayal to Jesus with a kiss in the garden of Gethsemane.

During the middle ages, witches’ souls were supposed to be initiated 

into the rites of devil by a series of kisses, including kissing on devils anus, 

which was parody of kissing the Pope’s foot.

THE WEDDING KISS

Kissing at the conclusion of wedding ceremony can 

be traced to the ancient 

Roman tradition where a kiss was used to sing contract

The Final Kissing Facts

International Kissing Day is February 5^th.

An average person will spend an estimated 20,160 mins kissing in their life time

The scientific name of Kissing is “PHILEMATOLOGY”

The fear of kissing is called “Philematophobia”

involve                [ɪn`volv] angażuje

pucker                [`pʌkə ] marszczyć, falować ,sznurować usta

burn                    [be:n] spalać

mating                 [`meɪtɪŋ ] gody, łączenie się w pary

prospective         [prə`spektɪv] oczekiwany, spodziewany

sebaceous           [  siˋbeiʃәs]      łojowy

gland                   [glænd] gruczoł

anticipation          [æntɪsɪ`peɪʃən] przewidywanie, oczekiwanie

saliva                   [sə'lɑɪvə] slina

plaque                 [plæk] kamień nazębny

disperse               [dɪs`pə:s]  rozpraszać , znikać

sniffing                 [snɪf] węszyć, wąchać

primate                [`praɪmɪt]  ssak naczelny

consist                 [kən'sɪst] składać się

entirely                 [ɪn`taɪəlɪ] całkowicie, zupełnie

betrayal                [bɪ`treɪəl] zdrada, wydanie

gethsemane          [getsemenɪ ]   ogród oliwny  

initate                   [ɪ`nɪteɪt] zapoczątkowywać, zaczynać

rite                       [raɪt] rytuał

anus                     [`eɪnəs] odbyt

conclusion            [kən`klu:ʒən] wynik, wniosek

sign                      [saɪn] podpisywać

estimate                [`estɪmeɪt] szacować, oceniać