A kiss is a passionate expression that has been blessed on us by god to make us love each other as much as possible. When the question is of such an important and desirable expression, people are bound to do all crazy things to make a name for them in kissing.

Kissing Records

Now who does not enjoy kissing? And if decided, anyone can make great and amusing kissing records if the desire and partner is right.

• The largest group kiss of the world was done by 40,000 people in Mexico’s City Center during this Valentine’s Day.
• Wanderley Coasta e Silva and Neli Van Der Hoeven kissed each other for 34:11 hours in 1999.
• The most extreme competition of kissing was held in Brazil and it lasted for 833:45 hours.
• The official kissing record is held by Anna Chen and Andrea Sarti when they locked lips for 31:18 hours in 2004.
• The longest cinematic kiss of 3 minutes and 5 seconds was shared between Regis Tommey and Jane Wyman in a 1941 film.
• New Brighton’s Alfred Wolfram kissed 8001 people at the 1990 Minnesota Renaissance Festival in 8 hours.
• Ray Blazina and Bobby Sherlock smooched passionately for 130 hours and 2 minutes within a period of 1-6 May in 1978.
• John Barrymore planted 127 kisses on Estelle Taylor and Mary Astor in a single 1927 movie, “Don Juan”.
• The record for the longest underwater kiss lasted for 2 minutes and 18 seconds and occurred in Tokyo, Japan.

 Kissing Is Fun

Kissing helps us immensely in drawing us closer to our partner. Some fun kissing facts are listed below:

• Philematology is the scientific branch of study that deals with kissing.
• In the western world, two weeks of an average person’s life are spent kissing.
• Two-thirds of the people like to close their eyes while kissing.
• Kissing partners experience euphoria because the body produces a substance that has 200 times greater narcotic effect as compared to Morphine.
• Like snowflakes or fingerprints, no two impressions of lip are same.
• 50% of the people on this planet have had their first amorous kiss before turning 14.
• Two-thirds of the couple like turning their heads rightwards while kissing.
• February 5th is celebrated as the International Kissing Day.

Kissing is much more important to women than men. Research indicates that 50% of men would go ahead with sex even if they are barred from kissing their partner, whereas 10% of women would do so. Men are also more likely to prefer wetter kisses involving more tongue as compared to women.

Kissing Is Healthy

• A kiss lasting for one minute burns 26 calories. A quick French kiss obliterates 5 calories as compared to other romantic kisses that burn 2-3 calories. A one hour session of kissing can burn more than 600 calories, much more than jogging.
• Kissing helps in preventing wrinkles as it leads to 9 facial muscles getting exercised. More than 34 muscles are exercised during a passionate kiss.
• The neurotransmitters that are released during kissing are the same ones that get released during parachuting, distance running and bungee jumping. This increases your breathing capacity as well as heart rate.
• Kissing helps in relieving headaches, reducing stress levels, reducing skin rashes, blemishes and dermatitis. It also helps in keeping the mouth clean as saliva production gets increased due to kissing.

So if you think that you enjoy kissing, which surely you do, it is time you take it to the next level for reaping maximum benefits out of it and maybe challenge a couple of records too.

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