Today is International Kissing Day! It burns calories and strengthens the immune system. But with COVID still around, you might want to make sure you’re both testing negative first.
Here’s some fun kissing facts;
- A normal kiss burns 6.4 calories per minute. A passionate kiss can burn up to 20 calories per minute.
- Researchers study kissing in a field of science called philematology. They’ve discovered two out of three people tilt their heads to the right when kissing.
- Researchers found that people who hit the road freshly kissed are much less aggressive. They say that results in fewer accidents. Just don’t kiss while driving, eyes on the road please.
- Today’s average kiss lasts more than 12 seconds. In the 1980s, an average kiss lasted a mere 5.5 seconds.
- A great deal of swapping goes on in a kiss: 60 milligrams of water, 0.5 milligrams of protein, 0.15 milligrams of gland secretion, 0.4 milligrams of salt and up to 22,000 bacteria.
- Kissing stimulates more than 100 billion nerve cells, while happiness hormones and adrenaline course through our bodies, letting our hearts beat faster. Blood pressure and body temperature rise, too.
via; dw.com
