Happy Valentine's Day!

With it being V-Day,  I found some interesting things about Kissing:

 

*You burn 26 calories in a one-minute kiss.

*Human brains have special neurons that help people locate each other's lips in the dark.

*During a kiss, as many as 278 colonies of bacteria are exchanged.

* A man who kisses his lady goodbye when he leaves for work every morning averages a higher income than a guy who doesn't.

*Ninety percent of people in the world engage in kisses on the lips, anthropologists say.

*Fifty percent of people have kissed before they turn 14.

*The scientific name for kissing is osculation.

*The term French kiss came into use in America in 1923 as a slur on French culture, which was thought to be shockingly oversexed. On the other hand, while in France, don't call it a French kiss. The proper term: a tongue or soul kiss.

*Kissing can actually be a beauty treatment. Scientific tests show that good kissing helps reduce dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. It also makes your skin glow and your eyes shine.

*In some places, kissing is a crime. It's illegal in Indiana for a mustachioed man to "habitually kiss human beings." In Hartford, Conn., 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.

 

To read more:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/holidays/orl-kissfacts08feb10,0,6724191.story

 

Enjoy kissing!