This list of 43 Fun Facts About… Kissing is so fun! I’m excited to see that some items are facts I included in my book on how to kiss. It’s also a nice reminder that I want to make a “how to kiss” page on this site. This is via Ok Cupid’s Twitter stream which is a *lot* of fun to follow. Snip:
(…)14. Passionate kissing burns 6.4 calories a minute. A Hershey’s kiss contains 26 calories, which takes five minutes of walking–or about four minutes of kissing–to burn off.
15. It is possible for a woman to reach an orgasm through kissing.
16. Mechanically speaking, kissing is almost identical to suckling. Some scholars speculate that the way a person kisses may reflect whether he or she was breast fed or bottle fed.
17. Scientists believe that kissing may be a way of exchanging body salts or sebum that form relationships with parents and lovers, just as it does some birds. During mating, some birds chew food, then kiss-feed it to a prospective mate. If a bird’s sebaceous glands are removed so there is no sebum, its mate flies off.
18. Kissing is good for teeth. The anticipation of a kiss increases the flow of saliva to the mouth, giving the teeth a plaque-dispersing bath.
19. A medieval manuscript warns Japanese men against deep kissing during the female orgasm because a woman might accidentally bite off part of her lover’s tongue.
20. The Kama (desire) Sutra (type of verse) lists over 30 types of kisses, such as “fighting of the tongue.”
21. According to one study, many men are more particular about which women they kissed than who they went to bed with, suggesting that kissing is somehow more about love than coitus is. (…read more, facts.randomhistory.com)
I LOVE passionately kissing could do it for hours I find its the best foreplay. And #21 is absolutely true I think for both men and women that kissing is a deeper connection and the best kisses come when you are deeply in love with the person you are kissing.
Hi, i just wanted to point out that when i clicked that first link about the facts, i gave me a spyware virus. i know you didnt do it on purpose, but maybe you should recheck that link or something. Thank you!