Kissing and Making Out Facts Part 2

What's the longest kiss you’ve ever had?

The longest recorded kiss was during a challenge for the Breath Saver’s longest kiss challenge. It was recorded at 29 hours.

Here is one for the ladies. The act of kissing puts 29 muscles into motion. That means that kissing can help tone your face and prevent wrinkles. In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.

So you're probably familiar with the fact that the “X” stands for kisses and the “O” stands for hugs. Well, how do the “X” come about standing for kisses? In the Middle Ages, when people were illiterate, couldn’t read or write, they would sign documents with an “X.” And then they would kiss that “X” to give it a sign of sincerity. So eventually, the “X” became to stand for kisses.

Most of us love the candy Hershey’s kisses but where did it get its name from? It got its name from the fact that when the machine makes the candy; it looks like its kissing the conveyer belt.

Here in America, we are familiar with the term French kiss. However, in France, they call it a juncture of souls or a soul kiss. The reason why they refer to it as a soul kiss because it’s an open mouth kiss with an exchange of breathe. Now the Greek word for breathe and soul psyche is the same. In essence, a French kiss is the exchange of souls. The ancient Egyptians never kissed with their mouths. In fact, they kissed with tier noses. In the 16th Century in Naples, Italy, kissing was an act that was punishable by death.

Your lips are actually very sensitive, so sensitive that they're two hundred times more sensitive that your fingertips.

Here is one for the married men. Do you kiss your wife before you go to work? It is said that men who kiss their wives before going to work live five years longer than men who don’t so you better be nice to your wife or it might cause you your life. They also say that men who don’t kiss their wives are prone to auto accidents. So kiss your wives.

Do you believe in ghosts? In a future video, we’re going to be talking about facts of the paranormal.

And in another video we’re going to be doing facts about the human eye.

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