Passionate kissing burns 6.4 calories a minute. So you can regularly make-out... I mean... work-out with your partner, on an often basis.
It is a less known fact, but the science of kisses (yes, it's a real thing) is called Philematology.
A woman in China partially lost her hearing after her boyfriend reportedly ruptured her eardrum with a passionate kiss. Apparently, the kiss reduced the pressure in the mouth, pulled the eardrum out, and caused the breakdown of the ear.
The Romans have categorized the kisses into 3 separate classes:
1. Osculum - a kiss on the cheek.
2. Basium - a kiss on the lips.
3. Savolium - a deep kiss.
The 'XOXOs' after a love letter or a text message, meaning hugs and kisses, have been dated to the past when actual kisses were planted on the letters by the lovers. The X's are the intersection of the two consecutive kisses, while the O's are the blanks from the open lips.
The term "French kiss" was introduced around 1923 as a slur on the French culture which was thought to be overly concerned with sex.
According to 'The Science of Kissing: What Our Lips Are Telling Us', in France, it's called a soul kiss because if done right, it feels as if two souls are merging. In fact, several ancient cultures thought that mouth-to-mouth kissing mingled two lovers' souls
A medieval manuscript warns men against deep kissing during the female orgasm because a woman might accidentally bite off part of her lover's tongue.
The mouth is full of bacteria and when two people kiss, they exchange between 10 million and 1 billion bacteria. In just a 10-second kiss, one can exchange 80 million bacteria with you... think about that the next time you get 'lucky.'
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