32 Unknown Facts About Kissing

Ah, Kissing! Kissing is the most sensual and magical part of love. Everyone knows how to kiss. Kissing are called in various names like “smooching”, “lip-locking’, “puckering up”, “snogging” or “pecking”. However, first kiss is quite magical for everyone. Kissing in love or kissing in foreplay is very common, but there are some amazing unknown facts that are still hidden to most of us. Here are they.

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1. The word “Kiss” came from the Old English word ‘cyssan’from the proto-Germanic kussijanan or kuss, which is probably based on the sound kissing.
2. The Romans had few words for few different types of kissing. Basium which means kissing the hand or cheek, osculum which means closed-mouth kissing, and saviolum which means passionate kiss.
3. A Chinese womanpartially lost her hearing after her beau reportedly damaged her eardrum with a passionate kiss. As per the reports, the kiss minimized the pressure in the mouth, which pulled the eardrum out causing the breakdown of the ear.
4. The science of kissing is known as philematology. Someone who studies the science of kissing is known as osculologist.
5. The most essential muscle which get engaged during kissing is orbicularis oris as it helps the lip to pucker and it is called the kissing muscle.
6. One kiss needs the coordination of total 146 muscles which includes 34 facial muscles and 112 postural muscles. Woah! are you looking for a serious workout for your face?
7. Reportedly, lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers.
8. When you kiss someone for the first ever time, you get a prick in the neurotransmitter dopamine, making you crave more for kissing.
9. Dopamine also can make you lose your appetite and make it tough for you to sleep.
10. About two thirds of people incline their head towards their right while kissing.
11. Kissing also helps us in figuring out if the person is a good match.
12. While kissing someone your heart beats faster and our brain receives more oxygen.
13. Kissing also makes your pupil dilate.
14. While you kiss endorphins get released which brings on the wave of happiness. Your pituitary gland and hypothalamus gets active.
15. Kissing stimulates the release of oxytocin in our body which is called as the love hormone.
16. A passionate kiss burns 6.4 calories in a minute. A Hershey’s kiss burns 26 calories, which takes almost five minutes of walking and is possible in four minutes of kissing to burn off.
17. Women have more chances to reach orgasm through kissing.
18. Kissing is beneficial for your teeth. The expectation of a kiss maximizes the flow of saliva to your mouth, giving your teeth a plaque-scattering bath.
19. There are 30 types of kisses which are mentioned in ‘Kamasutra’ such as fighting with tongue or biting tongue.
20. Chimpanzees tend to kiss with open mouths, not with their tongues. Bonobos which are the most intelligent of primates kiss with their tongues.
21. As per the Guinness World Records, the longest-lasting kiss record goes to Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat of Thailand. They locked lips for 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds.
22. Kissing passionately for 90 seconds can elevate blood pressure and increase the pulse rate and also increases the level of hormones in the blood, thus reducing life by one minute.
23. According to the recent study, men who kiss their wives before going for work live five years longer than those who just slam the door and they are even more prone to traffic accidents.
24. A person spends 20,160 minutes which is almost two weeks of his life on kissing, on an average.
25. French kiss is commonly called as “juncture of souls” in France. That because not only the lips, do the job but also the tongues come into play too.
26. Cunnilingus which is a type of sexual kissing where a person stimulates the external genital organs of a female with the mouth or tongue. The word “cunnilingus” is derived from the Latincunnus (vulva, vagina) and lingua (tongue) or lingere (to lick it up).
27. There are still few countries where kissing in public is illegal. In Mexico, university professor Manuel Berumen was arrested forkissing his wife in public. A Saudi Arabian man was arrested for hugging and kissing a woman.
28. Some people have the fear of kissing for first time which is called as philemaphobia.
29. Women use to rate kissing as more essential in relationships than men do.
30. While you kiss, 5 out of 12 of your cranial nerves get engaged.
31. Kissing lowers the level of stress hormone cortisol, making you feel secured and safe.
32. Most people tend to remember their first kiss very distinctly, than their first sex.

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